Joe Debono Grech

Infobox_Politician
name =Joe Debono Grech


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birth_date =Birth date and age|1939|9|17|mf=y
birth_place =Malta
residence = Birkirkara, Malta
order= Member of Parliament
term_start =14 June 1971
term_end =
predecessor =
successor =
order2 = Deputy Leader of the Malta Labour Party
term_start2 = 1969
term_end2 = 1980
predecessor2 =
successor2= Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
party = MLP
religion = Roman Catholic
spouse = Edith nee’ Vella
children = Joanne
Saviour
residence = Birkirkara
profession = Member of Parliament


website = [http://www.mlp.org.mt/ www.mlp.org.mt]
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Joe Debono Grech (born 17 September 1939) is a Maltese politician. He is currently Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives of Malta.

Political life

Joe Debono Grech started off in the Malta Labour Party in 1958 both as a Secretary and also as a President of several branches of the party. In 1959 he was one of the founders of the ‘Brigata Laburista’. In 1967 he was appointed Secretary of the Labour Youths and the representative in the bureau of I.U.S.Y for the same committee. In 1969 he was elected Deputy Leader for party affairs. He contested the general elections for the first time in 1966 on the 13th and 8th district. He was elected in the Maltese Parliament in 1971 and was elected thereafter for thirty years.

In 1983 he was appointed minister of Parastatal and Investments and later held the Agriculture and Fisheries portfolio for four years until 1987. When Labour was reelected in 1996 he served as minister of Transport and Ports. From 2003 till 2008 he was the shadow minister for the Malta International Airport and the country’s security. He also worked in the General Workers Union as a Secretary for the Petrol, Chemical and General workers. Today he is the shadow minister for the Defence and harbours.

For many years he represented the Union in Gozo. Presently he is the representative of the Malta Labour Party in the Council of Europe and also a member of the Socialist Bureau in the Council of Europe, since 1998. He has been a member of the National Executive committee of the party since 1960.