Edgar Preca | |
|---|---|
| First Gentleman of Malta | |
| In role 4 April 2014 –4 April 2019 | |
| President | Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca |
| Preceded by | Margaret Abela (As First Lady) |
| Succeeded by | Miriam Vella (As First Lady) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valletta |
| Nationality | Maltese |
| Spouse | |
| Residence | San Anton Palace |
Edgar Preca is the husband of the 9th President of the Republic of Malta,Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca,and hence First Gentleman of Malta,making him the first person to hold the male title.
Preca worked at Air Malta for 34 years until he retired from work in 2012 to help his wife in her campaign for president. [1] [2]
Preca met Marie-Louise in 2002 after they were introduced by a mutual friend at the General Workers' Union cafeteria in Valletta. Despite receiving her phone number,Preca later said he was too shy to call her and they would not speak again until four years later,2006,when they bumped into each other at the same cafeteria. They began dating and married 18 months later. [1]
Preca became First Gentleman in April 2014 when his wife assumed the office of president. Even though Marie Louise is the second woman to serve as president of Malta,Preca is the first male spouse of a Maltese president and thus the first to hold the title First Gentleman. Agatha Barbara,who was Malta's first female president from 1982 until 1987,was never married.
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Portugal:Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (15 May 2018)
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