Tonio Borg

Tonio Borg (born May 12, 1957) is a Maltese politician who has been Deputy Prime Minister of Malta since 2004. He was Minister of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2008; since 2008, he has been Minister of Foreign Affairs (Maltese: Ministru għal l-Affarijiet Barranin). Borg is a Member of Parliament for the Nationalist Party and Leader of the House of Representatives.^[1]

Political career

Borg, first elected to the House of Representatives in the 1992 general election, was Minister of Home Affairs from April 1995 to October 1996 and then, while the Nationalist Party was in opposition, Party Spokesman for Home Affairs from October 1996 to September 1998. Following the 1998 election, he returned to his position as Minister of Home Affairs on September 8, 1998. He became Minister of Justice and Home Affairs in April 2003, following that year's election. Borg was elected as the deputy leader of the Nationalist Party in March 2004, and he became Deputy Prime Minister, while remaining Minister of Justice and Home Affairs, when the previous Deputy Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi, succeeded Edward Fenech Adami as Prime Minister. Borg also served as Leader of the House of Representatives at that time.^[1]

On March 12, 2008 following the Nationalist Party's victory in the March 2008 parliamentary election, Borg was moved to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs whilst remaining Deputy Prime Minister.^[2] He was also reappointed Leader of the House of Representatives.

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