George Vella
President of Malta
Is a Maltese politician who has served as President of Malta since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Malta and Foreign Affairs Minister from 1996 to 1998 under Prime Minister Alfred Sant. In 2013, he returned as Foreign Affairs Minister, an office he held until 2017 under Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
Vella was born in Żejtun on 24 April 1942. Vella graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in the Royal University of Malta in 1964 and became a qualified medical doctor. He obtained a certificate in Aviation Medicine from Farnborough, UK and he has been a specialist in family medicine since 2003. Between 1964 and 1966, Vella worked as a houseman in St. Luke\'s Hospital and soon after he applied and worked between 1966 and 1973 as a medical officer for Malta\'s drydocks. After that, he served as the medical officer to Air Malta and as a consultant in Aviation Medicine.
