Tonio Borg

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name = Tonio Borg
order = Deputy Prime Minister of Malta
primeminister = Lawrence Gonzi
term_start = 23 March 2004
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predecessor = Lawrence Gonzi
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birth_date = birth date and age|1957|05|12|df=y
birth_place = Floriana, Malta
death_date =
death_place =
party = PN
religion = Roman Catholic
spouse = Adele Galea
children = Daniela
Mark
Adriana

Tonio Borg (born May 12 1957) is the Deputy Prime Minister of Malta, Minister of Foreign Affairs, a Member of Parliament for the Nationalist Party, and Leader of the House of Representatives. [http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/ministries_and_departments/foreign%201.asp Biographical page at the Maltese Department of Information] .]

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.

In a cabinet reshuffle on March 12 2008, [http://www.timesofmalta.com/election2008/view/20080312/news/new-cabinet-sworn-in "New Cabinet sworn in"] , "Times of Malta", March 12, 2008.] immediately following the Nationalist Party's narrow victory in the March 2008 parliamentary election, Borg was moved to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs whilst remaining Deputy Prime Minister. He also retained his post as Leader of the House of Representatives.

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