Clint Camilleri

Last updated
Honourable
Clint Camilleri
MP
Minister for Gozo
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 January 2020
Occupation
  • Politician
  • architect
  • civil engineer

Clint Camilleri MP (February 24, 1988) is a Maltese politician, architect and civil engineer, currently serving as Minister for Gozo in the Prime Minister Robert Abela's cabinet of 2020. [1] [2] Among the youngest members of cabinet, Camilleri previously served as a Parliamentary Secretary and a Minister in former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's cabinet. Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament and Minister, he was the Mayor of Qala in 2017.

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Family and education

Clint Camilleri was born on 24 February 1988, to Anton Camilleri and Marlene née Gauci. Anton served on the Qala local council as a councillor and as Mayor, and was vice-president of the Gozo Football Association until his death in 2009. Anton's father Anġlu Camilleri was a Labour member of parliament from August 1971 until November 1981. [3] Anton and Anġlu Camilleri, originally from Nadur, were popularly known with the family nickname "Ta' Bedeqq".

Clint Camilleri graduated from the University of Malta in architecture and from the University of Kentucky in civil engineering.

Political career

He began his political career in 2012 elected as the mayor of the Qala Local Council and in 2014 contest in the European Parliament elections but lost. He contested in 2017 as member in the Parliament and won serving the 13th electoral district. [4]

Camilleri served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights from 2017 to 2020 and was acting minister for four days. [5]

He succeeded Justyne Caruana, who had resigned due to a corruption scandal. [6] [7] He is a serving member under the platform of Labour Party. [8]

Controversy

An investigation by Standards Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi found that Camilleri, together with fellow Minister Clayton Bartolo, breached the ministerial code of ethics through a consultancy contract they gave Amanda Muscat, at the time, Minister Bartolo’s girlfriend and personal secretary.

Commissioner Azzopardi found that following the start of the extramarital relationship between Minister Bartolo and Amanda Muscat in 2020 – then his private secretary – the latter was promoted to a much higher grade as policy consultant, a position for which she was not qualified for

In further embarrassing conclusions, the Commissioner established that despite her supposed move to the Gozo ministry, Amanda Muscat never worked at Clint Camilleri’s Ministry and never wrote a single consultancy report for which she was supposedly engaged.

Instead, the Commissioner found that Muscat continued to work at Clayton Bartolo’s ministry as his private secretary but received her salary from the Gozo ministry. [9]

Personal life

Clint Camilleri is married to Dr. Deborah Camilleri née Mercieca, a lawyer who is Gozo Manager for Transport Malta. [10] They married on 27 May 2018 and have 2 daughters. [11]

Camilleri is a hunter and a member of the hunter's association and lobby group Federation for Hunting & Conservation (FKNK, Maltese : Federazzjoni Kaċċaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti). [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Clint Camilleri made Gozo Minister". www.maltachamber.org.mt. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  2. ↑ Attard, Charmaine (2020-01-20). "Clint Camilleri is new Gozo Minister". Newsbook. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  3. ↑ "Mr Anġlu Camilleri". Parlament Ta' Malta. Parliament of Malta. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Hon. Clint Camilleri". mgoz.gov.mt. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  5. ↑ "camilleri clint". Parliament of Malta. 2017-07-06. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  6. ↑ "Clint Camilleri named new Minister for Gozo". 89.7 Bay. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  7. ↑ "Clint Camilleri is new Gozo minister". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  8. ↑ "Clint Camilleri is Gozo Minister, Anton Refalo given agriculture and fisheries". Times of Malta. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  9. ↑ "Two ministers abused power by giving girlfriend lucrative job she didn't do". Times of Malta. 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  10. ↑ "Minister's wife continues her private practice while appointed manager at Transport Malta". The Shift. Tula Ltd. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "MP Clint Camilleri and his wife Deborah welcome a bundle of joy". Our Wedding. Content House Group Ltd. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Bonnici, Julian (24 July 2017). "My hunting background gives me unique insight into the issue – PS Clint Camilleri". The Malta Independent. Standard Publications Ltd. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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