Harry Vassallo

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Harry Vassallo
Harry Vassallo
In office
1998 – 2008
Spouse Susanna
Children Sebastian
Nina
Religion Roman Catholic

Harry Vassallo (born Enrico Vassallo) is the Chaiperson of the Maltese Green Party political party, Alternattiva Demokratika.

Vassallo studied at the University of Malta from where he graduated as doctor of laws in 1982 with a thesis on Insurance Law.

[edit] Journalism

Between 1981 and 1988 Vassallo was law reporter for The Times (Malta) covering a period of trials dealing with human rights violations. He was later parliamentary reporter for the same paper (1988-89) before taking up the editorship of the Green Party paper "Alternattiva" (1989-91).

He is presently a regular contributor to the Times, L-Orizzont and Malta Today.

[edit] Activism and Politics

Vassallo first joined "The Green Movement", a now defunct group, in 1979.

In 1981 he became a member of Żgħażagħ għall-Ambjent, one of the first Maltese environmentalist movements, which was later to re-name itself to Moviment għall-Ambjent and, eventually, Friends of the Earth (Malta). Vassallo edited the movement's magazine "L-Ambjent" (1987) and served as its General Secretary (1989).

Vassallo was one of the co-founders of Alternattiva Demokratika, the Maltese The Green Party, in 1989 and unsuccessfully stood for all general elections since on the Party ticket. Vassallo also stood on a Green Party ticket, this time successfully, in 1994 in the local election in Sliema. He has served as Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika since 1998.

On the international scene Vassallo was Malta's delegate to both the European Federation of Green Parties and its successor the European Green Party (EGP) (1999-2006). He has also served as a member of the EGP Committee since 2006.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Wenzu Mintoff		 Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika
1998 - 2008		 Succeeded by
Incumbent