Education
Born in Qormi, Coleiro Preca studied at the University of Malta where she graduated with a Bachelor in Legal and Humanistic Studies (International Studies) and a notary public diploma.
Born in Qormi, Coleiro Preca studied at the University of Malta where she graduated with a Bachelor in Legal and Humanistic Studies (International Studies) and a notary public diploma.
She served as Member of Parliament in the Maltese Parliament from 1998 to 2014. In the 2008 general election she was the first elected Member of Parliament by the. After Alfred Sant resigned as Leader of the Labour Party in 2008, Coleiro Preca unsuccessfully contested the Leadership election.
On 1 March 2014, Coleiro Preca accepted the nomination for President.
Succeeding George Abela, she was sworn in as President on 4 April 2014. Coleiro Preca is the youngest person to assume the office of President, sworn in at the age of 55, and is the second woman to hold the post after Agatha Barbara.
In 2014 Coleiro Preca announced the formation of The President"s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, a non-profit consultative and research entity advising the President of Malta on initiatives to help improve social inclusion and standards of living. Honorary Degrees National Hosting.
She was the only woman to have served in such a senior post of a Maltese political party. In addition to these posts, Coleiro Preca was also a member of the National Bureau of Socialist Youths (now the Labour Youth Forum), President of the Women"s Section of the Party (1996-2001), founding member of the Ġużé Ellul Mercer Foundation and publisher of the Party"s weekly newspaper Il-Ħelsien (now defunct).
Previously, as a member of the Labour Party, she was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Malta from 1998 to 2014 and served as the Minister of the Family and Social Solidarity from 11 March 2013 to 29 March 2014. Within the Labour Party, Coleiro Preca served as a member of the National Executive, the Assistant General Secretary, and as the General Secretary of the Party (1982-1991). As an Opposition Member of Parliament Coleiro Preca served as Shadow Minister for Social Policy and as member of the Parliamentary Permanent Committee for Social Affairs beginning in 1998.