Mario de Marco

The Honourable Mario de Marco MP
Minister for Tourism, The Environment and Culture
In office 6 January 2012 – 10 March 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, The Environment and Culture
In office 12 March 2008 – 6 January 2012
Personal details
Born	(1965-10-18) 18 October 1965 Malta
Political party	Partit Nazzjonalista
Religion	Roman Catholic

Mario de Marco (born October 18, 1965) is a Maltese politician and academic currently serving as a Member of Parliament. He is the son of former President Guido de Marco and is the current deputy leader for parliamentary affairs of the Nationalist Party.

Academic career

De Marco studied at St Aloysius' College and at Cambridge University, United Kingdom, where he graduated in International commercial law.

While there he was nominated a Commonwealth Scholar for Academic Achievement. As well as specializing in Commercial Law he also specialized in Fundamental Human Rights. He is Commercial Law lecturer at the University of Malta.

Member of Parliament

In the 2003-2008 parliamentary term, he was nominated as Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary House Committee in the House of Representatives. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee for European and Foreign Affairs.

Following the March 2008 general election, he was appointed as member of the Cabinet, as Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, within Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's office. In January 2012, he was appointed Minister responsible for Environment, Toirism and Culture.

In the March 2013 general election he was re-elected to parliament and was made the Nationalist deputy leader for parliamentary affairs in May that year.