Joe Borg

Infobox_Officeholder
name =Joe Borg

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order =European Commissioner for Fisheries & Maritime Affairs
term_start =22 November, 2004
term_end =
predecessor =Franz Fischler and Sandra Kalniete
successor =Incumbent
order2 =European Commissioner for Development & Humanitarian Aid
term_start2 =13 September, 1999
term_end2 =11 November, 2004
predecessor2 =Poul Nielson
successor2 =Louis Michel
birth_date =birth date and age|1952|03|19
profession =politician
party =Partit Nazzjonalista (EPP)|

Joseph Borg (born 19 March 1952) is a Maltese politician and diplomat, associated with the Nationalist Party (the political party currently in government). He was instrumental in the process which led to Malta becoming a member of the European Union in 2004. He was the advisor to the foreign minister on European Union matters from 1989 until 1995, a member of the board of directors of the Maltese Central Bank from 1992 until 1995, and a member of parliament since 1995. He was re-elected to parliament in 1996, 1998 and 2003, served as shadow minister for industry when his party was out of power from 1996 until 1998, and, after his party regained power, served as foreign minister from 1999 until 2004, resigning that post when Malta became a member of the EU. In 2004 he was nominated by the Maltese government, and subsequently approved by the European Parliament, as the first Maltese European Commissioner. His portfolio includes Fisheries and Maritime Affairs.

External links

* [http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/borg/index_en.htm Official website]