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- ↑ Balzan, Jurgen (June 20, 2013). "Former Labour critic set to become Malta's ambassador in the US". Malta Today. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ↑ "High Commissioner to Canada presents her credentials". Times of Malta. June 14, 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ↑ "Her Excellency Marisa Micallef, High Commissioner-Designate of Malta to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, presented her Letters of Credence to Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling". Bahamas Local News. April 17, 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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