According to his résumé, Mifsud received his BA at the University of Malta in 1982, an MA at the University of Padua in 1989, and later his doctoral degree at Queen's University Belfast. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his home country of Malta and was involved in its 2004 accession into the [[European Union]]. In 2008, Mifsud was named president of the European-Mediterranean University of Slovenia. | According to his résumé, Mifsud received his BA at the University of Malta in 1982, an MA at the University of Padua in 1989, and later his doctoral degree at Queen's University Belfast. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his home country of Malta and was involved in its 2004 accession into the [[European Union]]. In 2008, Mifsud was named president of the European-Mediterranean University of Slovenia. |