Tonio Borg benoemd tot nieuwe eurocommissaris namens Malta (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 28 november 2012.

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 28 November 2012

PRESSE 496

Tonio Borg appointed new commissioner for health and

consumer policy

The Council today appointed by common accord with the President of the Commission, José Manuel Durao Barroso i, and in accordance with article 246 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU Tonio Borg as new commissioner for health and consumer affairs for the remainder of the current term of office of the Commission (31 October 2014)

Tonio Borg i is a Maltese national and has been Deputy Prime Minister of his country since 2004 and minister for foreign affairs since 2008. He replaces John Dalli i

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