CANDIDATES 2026

Dr Adrian Delia is a lawyer from Birkirkara. He served as Leader of the Nationalist Party between 2017 and 2020. He won a landmark court case against the Labour Government to return the three public hospitals that had been fraudulently transferred to Vitals and Steward. He describes this victory as one belonging to all Maltese and Gozitan people. Currently, he is a Member of Parliament elected from the 7th and 8th districts and serves as Opposition Spokesperson for Finance. Above all, Adrian Delia is a father of six and partner to Dr Cynthia Galea.

A former journalist with the Nationalist Party’s media, who also served as the Party’s Director of Communications between 2023 and 2024, James currently serves as Director of Information within Net Media and the Nationalist Party. He is also a lecturer in Maltese at MCAST. Over the past 10 years, he has produced and presented numerous programs of different genres, including political programs, current affairs, and discussion shows for both television and radio. He continues to produce programs, including hit PROFILI, which in 2025 reached its fifth season. In 2025, he won an award from the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM) for best use of spoken Maltese, and also placed third in two other categories. James is from Floriana and was elected at the age of 19 in the first local council election he contested, today he also serves as Deputy Mayor for the PN in the same locality. In 2020, he received a national honor from JCI for his work in local politics in Floriana. A graduate in Maltese, James has worked on several books for various publishing houses. In 2023, he published Il-Kelma ta’ Eddie Fenech Adami. In 2022, one of his studies was published in the book Pioneers of Democracy. He was also a finalist in the National Book Prize 2024. In 2025, he published Il-Karikatura tal-Mument, a book on political satire. He is currently studying for a Master of Arts in the Interpretation of Maltese Literature at the University of Malta. He is married to Sarah Jane, and they have a son named Pio Leone.

Lawyer Beppe Fenech Adami was born on 5 August 1968. He is married to Ann, and they have three children. He served as Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party from 2013 to 2017 and has been a Member of Parliament since 2008. He has contested four general elections with the PN and was elected each time. He currently serves as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.

A native of Victoria, Gozo, Beppe is a young individual with strong roots in the Nationalist Party and political experience that has seen him occupy various roles both in Malta and at a European level, where he was the first Maltese to serve as President of the European Democrat Students. In recent years, Beppe served as International Secretary of the Nationalist Party, where, beyond bilateral meetings and international support to party leader Alex Borg, he played an instrumental role in Malta successfully hosting the European People’s Party Congress. He holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Management and Digital Marketing from the University of Malta. A Gozitan working with several Gozitan businesses, he is an expert in digital platforms and social media. He is highly active in the voluntary sector, especially in culture, youth, and education. Believing that Gozo should be more of a priority, this will be his first general election, with the aim of being a strong voice for residents of the 13th district.

She is 42 years old. She was born, raised, and still lives in San Pawl il-Baħar. She is married to Clayton Tanti Gregoraci, who is the Chief Operating Officer of Net TV. She is the daughter of Ċensu and Grace Galea, and the eldest of four siblings. She graduated as an architect, specialising in road construction. She served on the San Pawl il-Baħar Local Council for 14 years, during which she also held the position of Mayor. In January 2022, she began serving as a Member of Parliament after being directly elected to the Parliament of Malta.

Ray Gatt is a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and has worked for many years in the medical field, particularly at St. Luke’s Hospital and Mater Dei Hospital. He is married to Kate, who is also a specialist in Diabetes, and they have two children and three grandchildren. In addition, Dr Ray Gatt also studied the History of Malta. He was born in Marsa but lives in Żejtun, a village he has grown to love.

Economist Marilena Gauci, a graduate in Economics with a Masters in Behavioural Economics and experience in national and European funds, was appointed Vice President of the Malta Entertainment Industry Association (MEIA), where she supports the President and contributes to building a more robust industry and creating equal opportunities for all artists and creatives. Her passion for the arts and creativity began at a young age through experiences in theatre, music, and television. Before this role, she served on the Executive Committee as Head of PR and Communications, consistently working to promote fair and sustainable environments for Malta’s creative industry. Marilena also served as an economist with the Malta Chamber, specializing in economic and social policy, as well as within the Central Bank, focusing on economic stability.

Married to Jeannine and father of four children. Dr Giglio is a lawyer by profession having graduated from the University of Malta in 1993. He is also a lecturer of Criminal Law within the Faculty of Laws. He first contested the general elections in 2022 and was elected on the first count from both the 9th and 10th districts. He was appointed PN spokesperson for Justice when Dr Alex Borg took over as Leader of Partit Nazzjonalista. He is often invited to address various conferences and seminars which relate to the legal sector. He was born and lived in Sliema until he married and today, he resides in Għargħur.