PRESIDENT - Mr Joseph Azzopardi
Mr Azzopardi was born in 1960 and started his interest in Taekwondo in 1978 training under the British Forces and local Taekwondo Clubs. After years of training he achieved his 3rd Dan Black Belt and also the Kukkiwon Master Instructor Licence after being examined  by Kukkiwon after a course in Washington D.C. USA.
Mr Azzopardi  is also the founder and Chief Instructor of St Martins Taekwondo Academy (SMTA )and during the years participated in the National Taekwondo Championships as judge and referee  in Kyorugi bouts. During his presidency he has also been instrumental in conducting the largest International contingent abroad with obtaining good results and built up &coached  the 2010 MTF Poomsae Team participating successfully in this International championship  with 5 out of the 6 athletes of the team winning 2 Gold,2 Silver & 1 Bronze.
During the past years Mr Azzopardi have been active in the MTF as Secretary General and as PRO and was elected President to administer and manage the Malta Taekwondo Federation till the end of 2010.

TREASURER - Ms Claire Saliba
Ms Saliba was born in 1974 and have been involved during these years especially during this term of office in the MTF Executive council as Treasurer administrating the Federation finances ,updating of records and reporting.
Ms Saliba was instrumental in introducing & facilitating accounting procedures in funding ,Internet banking payments and also accounting reporting of the Malta Taekwondo Federation finance. She is also very active in the administration during the National Taekwondo Championships.

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REGISTRAR - Ms Joanne Zammit
Ms Zammit have been involved in Taekwondo since 2004 and have held the position of Treasurer before this term . Due to her energy and enthusiasm Ms Zammit have been Co-opted for the position of Registrar by the MTF Executive Committee.
During her term as Registrar Ms Zammit have continued to organise the membership database and also the issue of Budo passes to all members. Ms Zammit  have formed part of the contingent as Official in International competitions and is very active in the administration during the National Taekwondo Championships

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HONORARY PRESIDENT - Dr. Christopher Vella

Christopher Vella holds 6th Dan in Taekwondo (World Taekwondo Federation – Olympic style) and 2nd Dan in Hapkido.  Professionally he works as a lawyer-linguist at the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg. For ten years he acted as president of the Malta Taekwondo Federation, between 1995 and 2005. He also chaired the Legal Commission of the Malta Olympic Committee between 2000 and 2005.
His first martial art training dates back to 1980 when he practised judo at the age of 11. In 1986, when Taekwondo was introduced in Malta, he switched to Taekwondo and has since then practised and instructed the art and sport of Taekwondo.
In 1988 he was examined in the first ever Taekwondo black belt grading examination in Malta and he was awarded the highest points from all candidates who were being examined in that grading examination.  At that time he regularly participated in the kyorugi (fight) competitions organized by the national association.  For many consecutive competitions he placed first in his category.  During the same year he was also awarded a coaching certificate by the Association. He founded his own club during the same year.    
In 1995 he became the President of the Malta Taekwondo Federation, redrafted its statute and lead it to become a member of the Malta Olympic Committee (MOC), the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). In July of 2004 he attended a taekwondo instructor’s course and examination at the Kukkiwon’s World Taekwondo Headquarters in Seoul, Korea. 
In July 2006 he moved to Germany and since then he practises and instructs Taekwondo at the Luxembourg Taekwondo Centre as well as the European School of Luxembourg. He regularly participates in international poomsae (technical) competition representing both his club in Luxembourg city and his country Malta. In December 2008 he represented Malta in the 3rd World Poomsae Championships held in Ankara, Turkey.
 
Apart from his competitive carreer, he also acts as technical director for the Maltese as well as the Luxembourgish federations. In this role he conducts preparatory training sessions and seminars for Dan promotion applicants. He chairs the technical boards conducting Dan promotion tests in both countries. In March 2009, the MTF awarded him with the title of Honorary President. 

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