Frank Portelli, a former Nationalist Party MP who later became a prominent figure in Malta’s private healthcare sector, has died at the age of 82. His death was reported on Monday, October 26, 2026, by Lovin Malta and The Malta Independent.
Politics
Portelli sat in Malta’s House of Representatives for the Nationalist Party from 1987 to 1992, the legislature that followed the party’s return to government under Eddie Fenech Adami. He held senior positions inside the party, serving as president of its Executive Committee from 1985 to 1992 and as president of its General Council from 1995 to 1998.
In 1987 he led Malta’s delegation to the Council of Europe. In 2009, at the request of then-party leader Lawrence Gonzi, he stood as a Nationalist candidate in the European Parliament election but was not elected. He also contested the party’s leadership election in 2017.
Healthcare
A doctor by training, Portelli spent several years in the healthcare sector as an entrepreneur and managed St Philip’s Hospital, the private hospital in Santa Venera.
He was born on June 8, 1944. No cause of death was given.