Editing Simon Busuttil (section)

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Simon Busuttil
| honorific-suffix = [[National Order of Merit (Malta)|MOM]]
| image            = EPP_Malta_Congress_2017_;_29_March_(33676407246).jpg
| caption          = Busuttil at a March 2017 [[European People's Party|EPP]] Malta Congress 
| office           = [[Leader of the Opposition (Malta)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start       = 13 May 2013
| term_end         = 4 October 2017
| president        = Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
| primeminister    = [[Joseph Muscat]]
| predecessor      = [[Lawrence Gonzi]] {{small|(Acting)}}; [[Joseph Muscat]]
| successor        = [[Adrian Delia]]
| office1          = [[Nationalist Party (Malta)|Leader of the Nationalist Party]]
| term_start1      = 8 May 2013
| term_end1        = 15 September 2017
| predecessor1     = [[Lawrence Gonzi]]
| successor1       = [[Adrian Delia]]
| office2          = [[Parliament of Malta|Member of Parliament]]
| term_start2      = 6 April 2013
| term_end2        = 29 February 2020
| office3          = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start3      = 12 June 2004
| term_end3        = 10 March 2013
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1969|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Attard]], [[State of Malta]]
| party            = [[Nationalist Party (Malta)|Nationalist Party]]
| children         = 3<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/our-second-chance-at-love.639924|author=Fiona Galea Debono|title=Our seconce chance at love|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=18 February 2017|accessdate=11 July 2019}}</ref> 
| alma_mater       = [[University of Malta]]<br>[[University of Sussex]]{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
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'''Simon Busuttil''' {{Post-nominals|country=||post-noms=[[National Order of Merit (Malta)|MOM]]}} (born 20 March 1969) is the Secretary General of the EPP Group (European People's Party) in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 January 2020|title=Simon Busuttil appointed new Secretary-General of the EPP Group|publisher=European People's Party|url=https://www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/news/busuttil-appointed-new-secretary-general-of-the-epp-group|accessdate=15 January 2020}}</ref> Formerly, he was [[Leader of the Opposition (Malta)|Leader of the Opposition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parlament.mt/12th-leg/political-groups/nationalist-party/busuttil-simon/|title=Hon. Simon Busuttil MP - Opposition Leader|publisher=Parliament of Malta|date=August 2015|accessdate=11 July 2019}}</ref> and Leader of the [[Nationalist Party (Malta)|Nationalist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://netnews.com.mt/2016/03/20/riceviment-fgheluq-snin-il-kap-tal-partit-nazzjonalista-simon-busuttil/|title=Riċeviment f'għeluq snin il-Kap tal-Partit Nazzjonalista Simon Busuttil|date=20 March 2016|website=NET News|language=mt|accessdate=11 July 2019}}</ref> in Malta and a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for Malta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28120/SIMON_BUSUTTIL/history/7|title=7th parliamentary term {{!}} Simon Busuttil {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=20 March 1969 |accessdate=11 July 2019}}</ref>