Justyne Caruana
Name: Justyne Caruana
Years active: 2003-
Party: The Labour Party
Roles
Member of:
- Public Accounts Committee
- Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Aging
Education
Legal & Humanities BA ( Italy ), University of Malta, 1996 Diploma of Notary Public, University of Malta, 1997 Doctorate of Laws, University of Malta, 1999 Diploma in Canon Law and Jurisprudence, Metropolitan Tribunal of Malta, 1999
She is a lawyer specialized in family law and civil cases and she is an examiner at the University of Malta.
History
She was elected as a member of the Parliament from the 13th district in 2003. She was designated as PL spokesperson for the Youth, Culture and Sports. She was appointed as a member of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship between Malta and Tunisia, a member of the Maltese delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, also appointed as chairperson of the PAM task force on gender equality .
She was elected again to Parliament in 2008 and was appointed as Speakers for Family and Gender and appointed as a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Social Affairs .
Currently, she is also the third committee rapporteur on human rights in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean .
