Joe Giglio | |
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Member of the Parliament of Malta for District 10 | |
Assumed office 26 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member constituency |
Personal details | |
Born | 1967or1968(age 55–56) Sliema,Malta |
Political party | Nationalist Party |
Spouse | Jeannine Giglio |
Children | 4 |
Joseph Giglio is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served in the Parliament of Malta since 2022,representing District 10 as a member of the Nationalist Party. [1] [2] Giglio is the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and is a Nationalist Party spokesman. [3] Giglio was briefly considered for leadership of the Nationalist Party against incumbent leader Bernard Grech in April 2022. [4]
A former lawyer for Pilatus Bank,Giglio came under controversy when,in a June 2022 interview,he criticized a whistleblower who had exposed a corruption scandal by Pilatus Bank in 2018; [5] this scandal had ultimately led to the resignation of Joseph Muscat,the then-prime minister of Malta. [6] [7]
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