Democratic Party (Malta)

Democratic Party Partit Demokratiku
Abbreviation	PD
Leader	Marlene Farrugia
Deputy Leader	Dr. Anthony Buttigieg
Founded	4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Orange
House of Representatives	1 / 71
European Parliament	0 / 6
Website
www.pd.org.mt

The Democratic Party (Maltese: Partit Demokratiku, PD) is a centre-left^[1] political party in Malta. It was founded on 4 June 2016 by MP Marlene Farrugia, who had been initially elected as a Labour MP.

The party stated that there is need for a new political voice, and the time of the traditional dominant parties (Labour and Nationalist) is over.^[2]

On 21 October 2016, an AGM was held at the residence of Marlene Farrugia who was elected as Leader of the party whilst confirming the party executive. The term length for the executive has been set for two years. The party will contest the next Maltese general election which takes place in 2018.

In addition, the four members elected to the executive council are Professor Matthew Montebello, Catherine Farrugia, Alex Clayman and Carmel Polidano.

Party Executive Council

• Marlene Farrugia – Leader^[3]
• Dr Anthony Buttigieg – Deputy Leader
• Karl Camilleri – General Secretary
• Engineer Duncan Bonnici – Treasurer
• Monique Agius – Public Relations Officer
• Professor Matthew Montebello - Member
• Catherine Farrugia - Member
• Alex Clayman - Member
• Carmel Polidano - Member

References

Political parties in Malta
Represented in Parliament	Labour (38) Nationalist (29) Democratic (1)
Other recognized parties	Democratic Alternative Imperium Europa
Defunct/inactive parties	Anti-Reform Christian Workers' Communist Constitutional Democratic Action Democratic Nationalist (1921–1926) Democratic Nationalist (1959–1966) Gozo Jones Libertas National Action National Political Union Progressive Constitutionalist Workers
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