Joe Giglio
{{Short description|Maltese lawyer and politician}}
{{about|the Maltese politician|the American politician|Joseph Giglio}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| termstart = 26 March 2022
| predecessor = Multi-member constituency
| alongside =
| honorific_prefix = Honourable
| honorific_suffix = MP
| office = Member of the Parliament of Malta
for District 9 and District 10
| birth_date = 1967
| party = Nationalist Party
| spouse = Jeannine Giglio
| children = 4
| image =
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Joseph Giglio is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served in the Parliament of Malta since 2022, representing District 9 and District 10 as a member of the Nationalist Party.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Hon. Joe Giglio MP |url=https://parlament.mt/14th-leg/political-groups/partit-nazzjonalista/giglio-joe/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Parliament of Malta |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bonnici |first=Julian |date=2022-04-16 |title=Here's The Final List Of All Of Malta's MPs |url=https://lovinmalta.com/news/election-2022/malta-mps-full-list-parliament/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Lovin Malta |language=en-GB}} Giglio is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Capital projects and was previously the Nationalist Party spokesman on internal affairs. Giglio was briefly considered for leadership of the Nationalist Party against incumbent leader Bernard Grech in April 2022.{{Cite web |last=Meilak |first=Nicole |date=24 April 2022 |title=Nationalist Party kicks off process to elect new leader |url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/116420/nationalist_party_kicks_off_process_to_elect_new_leader |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Malta Today |language=en}}
Legal career
Joseph Giglio is one of Malta's leading lawyers. His area of speciality is criminal law, having worked in the field for almost 30 years.
He is a senior partner as well as a Director at a local legal company where he heads the criminal law Department that specialises in corporate and vicarious liability.
Giglio has been involved in numerous high profile cases, most notably a case involving corruption allegations against the Chief Justice, and another separate case of alleged fraud against the husband of former Minister of Gozo, Giovanna Debono.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-03 |title=Giovanna Debono's husband again cleared of fraud, misappropriation |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/giovanna-debonos-husband-again-cleared-of-fraud-misappropriation.897886 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}} He also defended former Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said in a case of alleged perjury.{{Cite web |date=2010-10-29 |title=Chris Said is cleared and forgives accuser |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/chris-said-is-cleared-and-forgives-accuser.333618 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}
Joseph Giglio is also a lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Malta. He is often invited to address various seminars and take part in talks focusing on criminal law.{{Cite web |title=Who's Who in Malta: Meet Joseph Giglio – Senior Partner at LexPractis Legal |url=https://whoswho.mt/en/who-s-who-in-malta-meet-joseph-giglio-senior-partner-at-lexpractis-legal |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=whoswho.mt |language=en}} Through his legal experience, he provides his students with the necessary guidance, knowledge and insight to criminal proceedings, in order to enable them to be better prepared when they participate in criminal law moot court cases.{{Cite web |title=Dr Joseph Giglio attends ELSA event – Moot Court Competition – LexPractis |url=https://www.lexpractis.com/publications/moot-court-competition/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |language=en-US}}
Political career
Joseph Giglio has been a member of the Parliament of Malta since 2022 where he got elected with the highest number of votes in both District 9 and District 10.{{Cite web |last=Electoral Commission |first=of Malta |date=2022 |title=General Election 2022 |url=https://electoral.gov.mt/ElectionResults/General?v=886 }} He previously served as Shadow Minister for Home Affairs.
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;this scandal had ultimately led to the resignation of Joseph Muscat, the then-prime minister of Malta.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-11 |title=NGO Repubblika calls out PN's home affairs spokesperson, former Pilatus Bank lawyer, Joe Giglio |url=https://worldnews.upexampaper.com/ngo-repubblika-calls-out-pns-home-affairs-spokesperson-former-pilatus-bank-lawyer-joe-giglio-more-lawyer-news/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=World News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Fsadni |first=Ranier |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Joe Giglio's papal bull |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/joe-giglios-papal-bull-ranier-fsadni.962066 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Delia |first=Julian |date=June 14, 2022 |title=Desperate grandstanding: PN's dismissal of civil society |url=https://theshiftnews.com/2022/06/14/desperate-grandstanding-the-pns-dismissal-of-civil-society/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=The Shift |language=en}}
Since January 2024, he is now serving as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Capital projects.{{Cite web |last=Cordina |first=John Paul |date=13 January 2024 |title=Grech carries out extensive shadow cabinet reshuffle |url=https://newsbook.com.mt/en/pn-reshuffle-under-way/}}
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