Nurse lobbyist Paul Pace has returned as president of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses, four years after he quit the post in 2015.

Sixty-eight per cent of MUMN members cast their vote in the election, voting for 10 new council members. 

Those 10 members then held their first council meeting on Saturday, with four elected as council officials, among them Mr Pace as president. 

Mr Pace replaces Maria Cutajar, who chose not to recontest.

Mr Pace has for the past years served as an adviser to the Health Ministry. In a statement announcing its new council, the MUMN said that Mr Pace has written to the CEO of the Foundation of Medical Services to resign that post “with immediate effect”.

 It is Mr Pace’s second stint as MUMN president. He led the union for nine years before quitting in 2015 after placing eighth in council elections that year.

“Although elected, it is clear that I have lost the support of the members of the Council,” he had said on that occasion.  

“I can assure you that I never hid behind anyone and always tried my best.”

Mr Pace will lead a new council made up of the following members:

Secretary general – Colin Galea

Vice-president – Alex Manche’

Treasurer – George Saliba

Assistant secretary general – Joseph Aquilina

Alex Lautier, Geoffrey Axiaq, William Grech, Simon Aquilina and Claire Zerafa will serve as council members.