“In Malta, I am determined that proper process and rule of law should prevail.”
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Joseph Muscat
Joseph Muscat is a Maltese politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 and leader of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2020.
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culture · Prime Minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 · politician · journalist · head of government · also Joseph Muscat, Honorable Joseph Muscat, Muscat
Born 22 January 1974 · Q938224
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
Wrote a message on Facebook where he used the word confusion in relation to the hospitals’ privatization deal
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: Maltese police arrest former PM Joseph Muscat's chief of staff
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The Guardian: Malta gets new PM after Muscat departs over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
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And 2021, such as the wage supplements scheme
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption (Ironic denominación, not a real award) (2019).
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Shared a Facebook post with a poster uploaded by Nationalist Party MP Karol Aquilina urging people to attend a ‘Protest Against Corruption’ that was to be held on 16 November in Valletta
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An agreement was signed between the National and Social Development Fund and the Housing Authority, for a €50 million project for the construction of more than 500 social housing apartments in twelve localities
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2018· 4 entries
Won: Italy (January 2018).
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According to his spokesperson, his salary amounted to €55,978 plus €6,769 in allowances
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Amendments to the IVF law were introduced giving prospective parents a better chance of having a child
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The process of dismantling the Marsa power station, which for years was a major source of air pollution in the south of Malta, was complete
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2017· 5 entries
By his late wife where it was alleged that in March of the previous year a company belonging to the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan Leyla Aliyeva, made a single payment transaction of US$1
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While the old heavy fuel oil plant was shut down
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Journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia alleged that Muscat's wife held a third company in Panama named Egrant
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In 2019 his image was tainted by the Caruana Galizia murder and the multiple reports of European institutions warning about the erosion of the rule of law in Malta
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The Labour Party ran a campaign focused on the administration's successes and achievements over the previous four years
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2016· 1 entry
Two of Muscat's close collaborators were implicated in the Panama Papers, holding two companies in that jurisdiction
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2015· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2015).
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Won: United Kingdom (2015).
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The National Development and Social Fund (NDSF) was set up to receive revenue from the Maltese Individual Investor Programme and administer these funds in the public interest
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Stopped declaring his actual salary, simply stating "salary prime minister" on his yearly asset declaration, which showed a lower income than a number of cabinet ministers
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2014· 3 entries
Muscat declared an unchanging bank balance of €75,000
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16-year-olds were given the right to start voting in Local Council elections while four years later in 2018, Malta became the second country in the European Union to lower the voting age in all elections from 18 to 16 ye
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Muscat's government introduced the Malta Individual Investor Programme, for which it contracted Henley & Partners
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2013· 4 entries
Won: Malta (2013).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Malta (2013–2020).
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Career landmark: Member of the House of Representatives of Malta (2013–2020).
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The Whistleblower Act came into force, in 2014 prescription on acts of political corruption was removed, while in 2015 Parliament approved a new law regulating the funding of political parties
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2009· 1 entry
With the Labour Party obtaining almost 55% of votes cast
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2008· 1 entry
To take up a seat in the Maltese Parliament, and the role of Leader of the Opposition
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2007· 1 entry
Attained a Doctorate of Philosophy in Management Research from the University of Bristol with a thesis on Fordism, multinationals and SMEs in Malta,
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2006· 1 entry
Was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Person of the Year
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2004· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008).
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2003· 1 entry
Muscat was nominated to a working group led by George Vella and Evarist Bartolo on the Labour Party's policies on the European Union
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1998· 1 entry
And the departure of Mario Vella from the MDC
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1997· 1 entry
Muscat was employed as investment adviser by the Malta External Trade Corporation (METCO) and soon after joined as market intelligence manager the newly established Institute for the Promotion of Small Enterprise (IPSE)
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1990· 1 entry
Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy of fraud and one count of racketeering at a federal court in Florida, for which he received a 24-month prison sentence, alleged that Muscat aimed to move to Dubai and take up a p
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1974· 2 entries
Born 1974-01-22.
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Muscat was born on 22 January 1974, in Pietà, Malta, to a Burmarrad family.
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