Joe Bossano

Joseph Bossano
Bossano in 2016
Minister for Economic Development, Enterprise, Telecommunications & the Gibraltar Savings Bank
Assumed office
9 December 2011
Chief MinisterFabian Picardo
Leader of the Opposition
In office
17 May 1996 – 20 April 2011
MonarchElizabeth II
Chief MinisterPeter Caruana
Preceded byPeter Caruana
Succeeded byFabian Picardo
4th Chief Minister of Gibraltar
In office
25 March 1988 – 17 May 1996
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byAdolfo Canepa
Succeeded byPeter Caruana
Personal details
Born (1939-06-10) 10 June 1939 (age 85)
Gibraltar[citation needed]
NationalityBritish (Gibraltarian)
Political partyGSLP (since 1977)
Other political
affiliations
IWBP (1972-1975) DPBG (1975-1977)
SpouseRose Marie
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham London School of Economics
AwardsKCMG (2018)

Sir Joseph John Bossano (born 10 June 1939) is a Gibraltarian politician who served as Chief Minister of Gibraltar from 1988 to 1996 and Leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party from 1978 to 2011. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1984 to 1988 and 1996 to 2011. He was first elected to the then Gibraltar House of Assembly in 1972 and is often referred to as the Father of the House for being the longest-serving parliamentarian in Gibraltar.[1]

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