Keith Azopardi Politician

Keith Azopardi QC (born 6 June 1967, Gibraltar) is a Gibraltarian lawyer and politician, and former leader of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP)He was born in Gibraltar on 6 June 1967 and was called to the Bars of England, Wales and Gibraltar in 1990. He is of Maltese descent.He served as Minister for Environment & Health for the Gibraltar Social Democrats from 1996 to 2000, after which he was appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Minister for Trade and Industry, a position he held until 2003. He stood down from politics in 2003 but later founded the Progressive Democratic Party in June 2006. He was also involved in the negotiations with the British Government that led to the grant of the new Gibraltar Constitution of 2006.In October 2009, Azopardi published a book "Sovereignty and the Stateless Nation: Gibraltar in the Modern Legal Context" (Hart Publishing ISBN 978-1-84113-916-6) discussing the constitutional status of Gibraltar, and proposing ways forward to achieve an enduring settlement to the dispute with Spain.

Personal facts

Keith Azopardi
Birth dateJune 06, 1967
Birth place
Gibraltar
Nationality
British nationality law
Profession
Lawyer

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Office holder

governor
monarch
Elizabeth II
office
Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar
Member of the Gibraltar House of Assembly
party
Progressive Democratic Party (Gibraltar)

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