Alfredo Cachia Zammit (1890–1960) was a philanthropist and a Maltese politician who contested the election with the Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 Nationalist Party (Partit Nazzjonalista) in 1927 and was elected.

Alfredo was born in Żejtun

Zejtun

Żejtun is a medium sized town in the south of Malta. Żejtun holds the title of Città Beland, which was bestowed by Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, Grandmaster of Knights of Malta in 1797, Beland being his mother's surname....

, Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 on the 23rd of June 1890 to Alexander, brother of Cav. Hon Salvatore Cachia Zammit MP (1832–1918), Ambassador to the Vatican and a popular politician in the south of Malta from 1870 to 1909. For a number of years, Alfredo Cachia Zammit was the president of the Beland Band Club of Zejtun.

In 1923 he married Helen Asphar in Sliema

Sliema

Tas-Sliema is a city located on the northeast coast of Malta. It is a centre for shopping, restaurants and café life. Tas-Sliema is also a major commercial and residential area and houses several of Malta's most modern hotels. Tas-Sliema, which means 'peace, comfort', was once a quiet fishing...

 (Malta). He is the father of Alexander Cachia Zammit (born in 1924) a family doctor, former politician, minister and ambassador to the Holy See at the Vatican City. Alexander Cachia Zammit was elected for the first time in 1955 for the Partit Nazzjonalista and consecutively until the 1981 general elections. In 1962 Alexander become the Minister for Social Service, Work and Emigration and in 1966 Minister for Health. His endeavours as ambassador to the Vatican helped to bring Pope John Paul II on an official visit to Malta between the 25th and 27 May 1990.