Marthese Portelli

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Marthese Portelli

Marthese Portelli is a Maltese lawyer.

Political career

Portelli was a politician, member of Parliament for District 9, where she was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. [1] She forms part of the Nationalist Party. She also unsuccessfully contested 2009 European Parliament Election in Malta on the Nationalist Party ticket. She was twice elected as the president of the Nationalist Party Executive Committee and was the first woman to hold this role. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Member of Parliaments in Malta". Parlament. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. "Marthese Portelli Mother, lawyer, politician". The Malta Independent . 25 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. "Biography". Times of Malta . 27 April 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2019.