Alex Borg
Maltese lawyer and politician (born 1995)
Alexander Borg (born 10 July 1995) is a Maltese lawyer, politician and model who has served as leader of the Nationalist Party since September 2025. Borg was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2022.2
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Born Jun 10, 1995.1
About
In April 2022, he was appointed shadow minister for Gozo.
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Companies
- Nationalist PartyChair8
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Malta3
Borg was born in Victoria, Gozo. He is the son of Mary Debono Borg and Tony Borg, who served as chief of staff to former Minister for Gozo Giovanna Debono.
He completed his legal studies at the University of Malta and has been a practicing lawyer since 2019.
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Career
- Since 2025Leader of the Opposition4
- Date not recordedChair, Nationalist Party5
Personal life
Borg was raised in Nadur, Gozo and is currently living in Fontana, Gozo. He received his primary education at the Bishop's Conservatory School, secondary education at the Gozo College Secondary School, and attended sixth form at Sir M. A. Refalo in Victoria, Gozo.
Borg is a model and in 2020 won the Mr World Malta title.
He has been in a relationship with TV presenter Sarah Bajada since before February 2024.
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Politics
In November 2020, Borg was elected to the MZPN's executive committee, to serve as Gozo Coordinator in the MZPN's executive committee. In July 2021, Borg was elected as a member of the Nationalist Party's Executive Committee. Borg was elected to the House of Representatives in March 2022.
Opposition leader
Early leadership speculation
From his early career as an MP, Borg was tipped as a potential future leader for the party. In April 2022, a Malta Today survey found that around 70% of PN councillors want Grech to remain as leader. Borg was mentioned as an alternative candidate, as well as Franco Debono, Joe Giglio, Roberta Metsola, and Adrian Delia. Borg stated that he will not run for PN leader at that moment, but does not rule out a future bid.
During an edition of TVM’s Ħadt l-Aħbar, one of Malta’s most renowned political pundits, architect Robert Musumeci, has endorsed Borg as a future leader of the Nationalist Party.
Borg played down suggestions by the Prime Minister Robert Abela that he intends to "dethrone" Bernard Grech as PN leader. Borg said he suspects Abela kept mentioning him during his Parliament speech because the Prime Minister is bothered by his successful work in Gozo.
In February 2024, Borg made it to the front page of local newspaper Illum, whereby he was mentioned as a potential leader of the Nationalist Party, following the European Parliament Elections in June 2024.
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2025 PN leadership election
Following Bernard Grech's resignation as leader of the Nationalist Party in June 2025, leaked internal PN surveys put Borg as the top choice. Former leader Adrian Delia announced his candidacy for leadership the same month with Borg's backing. Just 24 hours later, Borg announced his intent to run for the post.
The election was held on 6 September. Early the next day, Borg announced his victory, though the PN Electoral Commission insisted the race was too close to call. The Electoral Commission formally confirmed Borg as leader at 04:00AM, beating Delia on a razor-thin majority of 44 votes. He was sworn in as Leader of the Opposition by President Myriam Spiteri Debono on 10 September.
2026 general election
Prime minister Robert Abela called a snap election on the 27th of April 2026, following tensions in the Middle East. Borg quickly responded through a video on social media where he stated that he is ready to win. Shortly after, the Nationalist Party announced that their slogan would be "Nifs Ġdid" (new breath), signalling change to Malta's politics. Borg also declared that he would be running on the 12th and 13th districts, signalling return to his Gozitan roots.
Most of the Nationalist Party proposals are centred around health, with Borg announcing a €600 million investment in the construction of new hospitals, a €300 grant for smart watches and a "Digital Front Door" which plans to bring data into a single, usable platform. In a conference on Worker's day, Borg proposed that 18th century villa, Selmun Palace would be renovated to become a 'National Health Village', preventing conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity and mental health problems, while also serving as a 60-bed rehabilitation centre.
The Nationalist party lost the general election, achieving 44.68% of the votes compared to Labour's 51.77%, however compared to the 2022 election, the gap between the parties shrunk to 21,721 votes. Alex Borg was the most voted candidate, receiving 21,825 first-count votes between both districts.
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Legal issues and controversies
In May 2025, Borg was found to have breached ethics by the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life, after he made misleading statements about the restoration of Fort Chambray by claiming the state would not need to shoulder the cost of the bastion restoration and was asked to issue a written apology. Borg refused to apologise and the case was referred to parliamentary standards committee.
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataAlex Borg on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAlex Borg on Wikipedia
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- 8WikidataNationalist Party, Chair
- 9Wikimedia CommonsAlex Borg photo by Alex Borg, CC0