Mario de Marco is a Maltese

Malta

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 politician

Politician

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 and academic. He is the son of former President Guido de Marco

Guido de Marco

Guido de Marco was a Maltese politician, who served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004. A noted statesman and lawmaker, de Marco also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Justice, and Minister for Foreign Affairs.He is widely regarded as one of the great...

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Academic career

De Marco studied at St Aloysius' College and at Cambridge University, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, where he graduated in International Commercial Law.

While there he was nominated a Commonwealth Scholar for Academic Achievement. As well as specializing in Commercial Law

Commercial law

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 he also specialized in Fundamental Human Rights

Human rights

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. He is Commercial Law

Commercial law

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 lecturer at the University of Malta

University of Malta

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Member of Parliament

In the 2003-2008 parliamentary term, he was nominated as Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary House Committee in the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Malta

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. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee for European and Foreign Affairs.

Following the March 2008 general election

Maltese general election, 2008

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, he was appointed as member of the Cabinet, as Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, within Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi

Lawrence Gonzi

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's office.