Or just Ċensu, as he was affectionately known by many looks onto Balluta Bay.
Ċensu is the Maltese abbreviation for Vincent. Ċensu Tabone was a well-loved person both in his professional and private life as well as a politician.
Ċensu Tabone was an Ophthalmic surgeon of world reknown and was the world leader to find a cure to treat trachoma. During World War II, he served as a Regimental Medical Officer and general duty officer with the Royal Malta Artillery.
Ċensu Tabone entered also into politics for the Nationalist Party. During his political career he served as Minister of Labour, Employment and Welfare (1966–1971) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1989). In 1968, Tabone brought a motion before the United Nations calling for an action plan in regard to the world's aging population. In 1988, he brought another motion before the UN, calling for the world's climate to be declared the common heritage of mankind. On the 16th March, 1989, he gave up his political career to become the fourth President of Malta. Ċensu died in 2012 at the venerable age of 98.
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Beautiful capture Dione.