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Ċensu Tabone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (146 words) |
 | Vincent "Ċensu" Tabone [IPA: tʃɛnsu:] (born 30 March 1913) in Victora, Gozo, is a Maltese political figure. |
 | Tabone became an ophthalmologist after World War II and was a clinical assistant at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. |
 | In 1948, Tabone was entrusted with the supervision of a campaign to treat trachoma using sulfonamide tablets and drops. |
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 | Censu Tabone, M.D., D.O. (Oxon), D.O.M.S. (Lond), D.M.J., F.R.C.S. (Edin), F.I.C.S., K.U.O.M., LL.D. (Hon Causa); was born in Victoria, Gozo on 30th March 1913 and was educated at St. Aloysius College and the University of Malta where he graduated as a Pharmacist in 1933 and as a Doctor of Medicine in 1937. |
 | Tabone has also been a member of the Council of the University of Malta, a member of the Faculty Board of Medicine from 1957 to 1960 and lecturer in Clinical Ophthalmology in the Department of Surgery. |
 | On the 16th March, 1989, Dr. Tabone tendered his resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the House of Representatives; and on the 4th April of the same year he was elected by Parliament as the fourth President of Malta. |