page_title: George Vella
section_title: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
hierarchical_section_title: George Vella / Career / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
caption_attribution_description: English: Maltese Minister of foreign affairs office
context_page_description: George William Vella, KUOM KCMG is a Maltese politician and the 10th and current President of Malta. He was Malta's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998, under Prime Minister Alfred Sant, and under Prime Minister Joseph Muscat from 2013 to 2017. He was inaugurated as the 10th President of Malta on 4 April 2019.
context_section_description: He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Environment in October 1996 and again in March 2013, serving to June 2017.
  Vella has voiced his support for the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which campaigns for democratic reformation of the United Nations, and the creation of a more accountable international political system.
caption: The office of Vella while serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
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