Joe Saliba
Joe Saliba was the Secretary General of the Nationalist Party of Malta (1999–2008), taking over from Lawrence Gonzi. Saliba undertook most of the strategy and statistical work of the party, and to date is one of the most successful Secretaries General in Malta, holding a record three consecutive wins at a national level, two general elections, and a referendum on Malta's membership with the EU. In 2012, he was awarded the second-place National Book Prize in the Poetry in Maltese category for Spiral, an anthology of over 100 poems and 201 haiku he wrote between 1995 and 2010 when he was of Secretary General with the Nationalist Party. It was published in 2011 by Klabb Kotba Maltin and contains an introduction by Professor Joe Friggieri and a foreword by Rev.
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Joe Saliba
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- Joe Saliba
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- Crown Colony of Malta · State of Malta · Malta
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- general secretary · poet
- Education
- University of Malta
- Honours
- National Book Prize
- Languages
- Maltese · English
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Professor Peter Serracino Inglott. He also wrote a number of theatrical works, including a stage adaptation of Oliver Friggieri's novel Fil-Parlament ma Jikbrux Fjuri in 1987.
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• Name — Joe Saliba • Order — Secretary General PN • Term Start — 1999 • Term End — 2008 • Party — Partit Nazzjonalista • Website — www.pn.org.mt
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- 1.I left the PN's coffers in good shape – Joe Saliba, former PN general secretary. Times of Malta.
- 2.Spiral – A collection of poems by Joe Saliba - The Malta Independent. www.independent.com.mt.
- 3.Cachia, Bradley. It-teatralità fil-proża skont l-addattament tagħha għat-teatru: Il-każ ta’ ‘Fil-Parlament ma jikbrux fjuri’. University of Malta. 2025.
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