Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
Coleiro Preca in 2017
9th President of Malta
In office
4 April 2014 – 4 April 2019
Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat
Preceded byGeorge Abela
Succeeded byGeorge Vella
Minister for the Family and Social Solidarity
In office
11 March 2013 – 29 March 2014
Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat
Preceded byChris Said (Justice, Public Dialogue, and Family)
Succeeded byMichael Farrugia
Member of Parliament
In office
1998–2014
President of Eurochild
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byHanna Heinonen (interim)
UNIDO goodwill ambassador
Assumed office
2018
Personal details
Born
Marie-Louise Coleiro

(1958-12-07) 7 December 1958 (age 65)
Qormi, Malta
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse
(m. 2007)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Malta

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, KUOM (born 7 December 1958) is a Maltese politician who served as President of Malta from 2014 to 2019. She has been president of Eurochild since 2019.

Previously, as a member of the Labour Party, Coleiro Preca was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives of Malta from 1998 to 2014.[1] She served as the Minister for the Family and Social Solidarity from 2013 to 2014 under Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

  1. ^ "PL motion calls for setting up of permanent committee for family affairs". Malta Independent. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.