Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
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Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca KUOM |
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| 9th President of Malta | |
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Assumed office 4 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Joseph Muscat |
| Preceded by | George Abela |
| Minister for the Family and Social Solidarity | |
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In office 11 March 2013 – 29 March 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Joseph Muscat |
| Preceded by | Chris Said (Justice, Public Dialogue, and Family) |
| Succeeded by | Michael Farrugia |
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7 December 1958 Qormi, Malta |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Edgar Preca (± 2007-present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | San Anton Palace |
| Alma mater | University of Malta |
| Website | Official website |
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, KUOM (born 7 December 1958) is a Maltese politician and the 9th President of Malta since her appointment on 4 April 2014. Previously, as a member of the Labour Party, she was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Malta from 1998 to 2014 and served as the Minister of the Family and Social Solidarity from 11 March 2013 to 29 March 2014.
Born in Qormi, Coleiro Preca studied at the University of Malta where she graduated with a BA in Legal and Humanistic Studies (International Studies) and a notary public diploma.
Within the Labour Party, Coleiro Preca served as a member of the National Executive, the Assistant General Secretary, and as the General-Secretary. She was the only woman to have served in such a senior post of a Maltese political party. In addition to these posts, Coleiro Preca was also a member of the National Bureau of Socialist Youths (now the Labour Youth Forum), President of the Women's Section of the Party (1996-2001), founding member of the Ġużè Ellul Mercer Foundation and publisher of the Party's weekly newspaper Il-Ħelsien (now defunct).
She served as MP in the Maltese Parliament from 1998 to 2014. In the 2008 general election she was the first elected MP by the. As an Opposition MP Coleiro Preca served as Shadow Minister for Social Policy and as member of the Parliamentary Permanent Committee for Social Affairs beginning in 1998.
After Alfred Sant resigned as Leader of the Labour Party in 2008, Coleiro Preca unsuccessfully contested the Leadership election.
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