Eddie Fenech Adami: Difference between revisions

| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]]

| honorific-suffix = <small>[[National Order of Merit (Malta)|KUOM]] [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]] [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]] [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]]</small>

'''Edoardo''' "'''Eddie'''" '''Fenech Adami''', <small>{{post-nominals|post-noms=[[National Order of Merit (Malta)|KUOM]] [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]] [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]] [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]]</small>,}} (born 7 February 1934) is a [[Malta|Maltese]] politician and [[Nationalist Party (Malta)|Nationalist politician]] who served as [[Prime Minister of Malta]] from 1987 until 1996, and again from 1998 until 2004. Subsequently, he was the [[President of Malta#List of presidents|seventh President of Malta]] from 2004 to 2009. He led his party to win five general elections, in [[Maltese general election, 1981|1981]], [[Maltese general election, 1987|1987]], [[Maltese general election, 1992|1992]], [[Maltese general election, 1998|1998]] and [[Maltese general election, 2003|2003]]. Staunchly pro-European, Fenech Adami is the longest serving Maltese prime minister since Malta's independence, and was fundamental for Malta's accession to the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome: I Struggle, I Overcome|last = Martens|first = Wilfried|publisher = Springer Science & Business Media|year = 2009|isbn = 3540892893|location = |pages = 200–201}}</ref>