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Eddie Fenech Adami

Eddie Fenech Adami (born February 7, 1934) was the Prime Minister of Malta from 1987 until 1996 and from 1998 until 2004. He took office as the seventh President of the Republic of Malta on April 4, 2004, succeeding Guido de Marco.

Adami was born in Birkirkara and became a barrister in 1959. He was elected leader of the Christian Democratic Nationalist Party in 1977, and became PM for the first time in 1987, when his party won national parliamentary elections. His party's government was reaffirmed in elections in 1992. He lost the 1996 elections, but the replacement government was weak and lost elections it was forced to call in 1998. Adami's second term as prime minister ended when he retired on March 24, 2004, shortly after completing an agreement for Malta to join the European Union, and was replaced by Lawrence Gonzi.

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