Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta

Michael Frendo has been a Member of the House of Representatives of Malta since 1987 and Minister of Foreign Affairs since the 3rd July 2004 until 2008, having served as Parliamentary Secretary (Minister of State) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between  2004 and 2008.

He has held various offices in past Governments including Minister for Transport, Communications and Technology (1994-1996); Minister for Youth and Arts (1992-1994) and Parliamentary Secretary (Minister of State) for Youth, Culture and Consumer Protection (1990-1992).

• In 1995 Michael Frendo served as President of Eurocontrol.Born on the 29th July 1955, Michael Frendo graduated in Law from the University of Malta in 1977 (LL.D).
• In 1978/79 he specialised in European Community Law (LL.M) at the Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
• In 2002/2003 Michael Frendo represented the Maltese National Parliament as a member of the European Convention (Convention on the Future of Europe) which formulated the text of the new Treaty on a Constitution for Europe. 
• Early in 2003, he was the first Maltese to address the European Parliament, in Maltese. the period 2003/2004 Michael Frendo was also concurrently an Observer Member of the European Parliament, first Vice-President of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) between the Maltese Parliament and the European Parliament, Chairman of the Maltese Parliamentary Delegation to the European Parliament and a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe between 1987 and 1992.

Dr Frendo has also been actively involved in the Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Movement). He was Managing Partner of Gatt Frendo Tufigno Advocates between 1997 and 2003. He has published widely including several books on European affairs: "The Future is Europe" (2003), "Europe,The Case for Membership" (1996), "Malta in the Council of Europe" (1990), "Malta in the European Community - Commercial and Legal Considerations" (1989), "Is Malta Burning" (1981). He has also written extensively about legal issues relating to Information and Communications Technologies. He is considered to be a key figure in the Commonwealth, Euro Mediterranean Region and in EU-Arab relations, having convened the major events organised for these areas in the last three years. He was returned to Parliament in 2008 after the General Elections held in Malta in February.