John Manduca

This page is a stub

Stub pages are like acorns. The first seed has been planted, but you can help them grow! There may, for example, also be other M3P resources linking to it. You can help by expanding this page.

John Manduca (born 1927) is a journalist as well as former broadcast executive and diplomat.

Highlights of John Manduca's career

Joined Allied Malta Newspapers Ltd in 1945; deputy editor 1953-1962; Malta correspondent, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph 1946-1962; chairman, Malta Institute of Journalists, 1957, 1959 and 1961;

11 HAA Regiment RMA (T) 1952-1955;

Malta Broadcasting Authority 1962; BBC attachment 1963; chief executive, MBA, 1963-1968; managing director, Malta Television Service 1968-1971; and managing director, Rediffusion Group of Companies in Malta 1971-1976;

Confederation of Private Enterprise (COPE) director general 1983-1987;

High Commissioner for Malta in London 1987-1990; and concurrently Ambassador to Norway, Denmark and Sweden; and to Ireland in 1990;

RTK Radio director 1991-1993;

St Edwards College Board of Governors chairman 1995-1998; trustee 1997- ;

Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti vice-chairman 1990; Treasures of Malta editor and Patrimonju Publications general editor 1994- (three Patrimonju publications have been awarded literary prizes);

St Agatha Restoration Fund, Mdina, chairman;

Malta Who's Who 1987 editor;

Author Welcome Travel Guide, Malta & Gozo and City of Mdina and Rabat.

In 2003 he was the recipient of the Institute of Maltese Journalists' Gold Award.

His book The Flavour of Mintoff's Era was self-published in 2008.