Monarch Elizabeth II Succeeded by Joseph Holiday | Name Keith Azopardi Role Lawyer | |
Governor Sir Hugo WhiteSir Richard LuceDavid Durie Governor Sir Richard LuceDavid Durie Born 6 June 1967 (age 56) Gibraltar ( 1967-06-06 ) Nationality British citizen (Gibraltarian) Political party Progressive Democratic Party Party Progressive Democratic Party Books Sovereignty and the Stateless Nation: Gibraltar in the Modern Legal Context | ||
Keith Azopardi 2007 PDP Election Broadcast
Keith Azopardi QC (born 6 June 1967, Gibraltar) is a Gibraltarian lawyer and politician, and former leader of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP)
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He was born in Gibraltar on 6 June 1967 and was called to the Bars of England, Wales and Gibraltar in 1990. He is of Maltese descent.
He served as Minister for Environment & Health for the Gibraltar Social Democrats from 1996 to 2000, after which he was appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Minister for Trade and Industry, a position he held until 2003.
He stood down from politics in 2003 but later founded the Progressive Democratic Party in June 2006. He was also involved in the negotiations with the British Government that led to the grant of the new Gibraltar Constitution of 2006.
In October 2009, Azopardi published a book "Sovereignty and the Stateless Nation: Gibraltar in the Modern Legal Context" (Hart Publishing ISBN 978-1-84113-916-6) discussing the constitutional status of Gibraltar, and proposing ways forward to achieve an enduring settlement to the dispute with Spain.