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Buttigieg
Buttigieg ( mt, Buttiġieġ ) is a Maltese surname, derived from Sicilian Arabic ''Abu-d-dajāj'', meaning 'chicken owner, poulterer' (literally 'ab (Semitic), father of chickens'). p. 402 People with the name include: * Albert Buttigieg (fl. 2020s), Maltese politician * Anthony Buttigieg (born 1962), Maltese politician * Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983), Maltese politician and poet, president of Malta 1976–1981 * Chasten Buttigieg (born 1989), American author, educator, activist * Claudette Buttigieg (born 1968), Maltese politician * John Buttigieg (footballer), John Buttigieg (born 1963), Maltese footballer * John Buttigieg (rugby league), John Buttigieg (born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer * Joseph Buttigieg (1947–2019), Maltese- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Buttigieg
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( ; ; Sometimes pronounced or , but not by Buttigieg himself. born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former military officer who is currently serving as the United States secretary of transportation. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete". Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Oxford, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014. Before being elected as mayor of South Bend in 2011, Buttigieg worked on the political campaigns of Democrats Jill Long Thompson, Joe Donnelly, and John Kerry, and ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for Indiana state treasurer in 2010. While serving as South Bend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasten Buttigieg
Chasten James Glezman Buttigieg ( ; born June 23, 1989) is an American teacher, writer, and LGBTQ rights advocate. He is married to Pete Buttigieg, the current U.S. secretary of transportation. He was an advisor, spokesperson, and social media campaigner during his husband's 2020 presidential campaign. In September 2020, Buttigieg released his debut memoir, ''I Have Something to Tell You''. Early life and education Buttigieg was born Chasten James Glezman, on June 23, 1989, in Traverse City, Michigan, to Sherri (née Pelon) and Terry Glezman, owners of a landscaping business. The youngest of three brothers, he was raised in Chums Corner in a conservative Roman Catholic family. As a teenager, Buttigieg worked at a cherry products store called Cherry Republic and drove tractors on his grandfather's cherry farm in Suttons Bay. He won a blue ribbon in pit spitting at the National Cherry Festival. Buttigieg attended Traverse City West Senior High School and spent his senior ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buttigieg (footballer)
John Buttigieg (born 5 October 1963) is a Maltese football manager and former player. His last managerial role was being head coach of Floriana. As a player, he played as a defender and is best remembered for his eight-year spells in the Maltese Premier League with Sliema Wanderers and Floriana. He also played in England for Brentford and Swindon Town and won 97 caps for the Malta national team. After retiring as a player, he managed Birkirkara, Malta, Sliema Wanderers and Floriana. Playing career Sliema Wanderers A sweeper, Buttigieg began his career at hometown Maltese Premier League club Sliema Wanderers at age 16. He established himself in the team during the 1981–82 season, missing just two league games as the club finished runners-up to Hibernians in the league and the Maltese FA Trophy. The Blues were relegated in the following season, but reclaimed their place in the Premier League by finishing as 1983–84 First Division champions. Buttigieg's best season cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Buttigieg
Joseph Anthony Buttigieg II (May 20, 1947 – January 27, 2019) was a Maltese-American literary scholar and translator. He served as William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame until his retirement in 2017, when he was named professor emeritus. Buttigieg co-translated and co-edited the three-volume English edition of Antonio Gramsci's ''Prison Notebooks''. Early life and education Buttigieg was the eldest of eight children born to Joseph Anthony and Maria Concetta Buttigieg (''née'' Portelli) in Hamrun, Malta. He began his education in Hamrun, completing undergraduate work and a master's degree at the University of Malta. He earned a second bachelor's degree, a B.Phil., from Heythrop College of the University of London and a Ph.D. in English (1976; with a dissertation on aesthetics in James Joyce's ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'') from Binghamton University. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1979. Career and personal life Buttigie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buttigieg (rugby League)
John Buttigieg (born 9 January 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative , he spent his entire club career with the North Queensland Cowboys. Background Born in Townsville, Queensland, Buttigieg is of Indigenous Australian and Maltese descent. He played his junior rugby league for Souths Townsville and attended Pimlico State High School before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys. Playing career In 1994, Buttigieg represented the Queensland under-17 team, starting at prop in a loss to New South Wales. In 1995, he was a member of the Cowboys' youth development squad. In Round 13 of the 1996 ARL season, Buttigieg made his first grade debut against the Sydney Tigers, starting at . He played nine games during his rookie season. In 1999, after just 13 games the previous two seasons, Buttigieg became a regular in the Cowboys starting side, playing 17 games and winning th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Buttigieg
Anthony Buttigieg (born 1962) is a Maltese politician, doctor and a former leader of the Democratic Party. Early life Anthony Buttigieg was born in Malta in 1962. He spent his childhood in England. He graduated in medicine from the University of Malta in 1987. He spent several years working at St. Luke's Hospital in the emergency department before moving to St. James Hospital where he worked as a senior medical officer. In 1999 Buttigieg led a medical mission to Albania during the Kosovo War. He is a founding member of the Democratic Party becoming a deputy leader upon its formation, and later a leader up till now. Hobbies In his free time, Buttigieg enjoys painting and reading – a hobby which accrued him a library of some 2000 books. He also loves nature and growing vegetables in his own home garden patch. Political career As deputy leader of Partit Demokratiku, Dr. Buttigieg made clear he was against the "us vs them" mentality of Maltese tribal politics. Anthony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Buttigieg
Ray Buttigieg (born May 1, 1955) is a poet and musician. He attended Qala primary school, then the Lyceum in Victoria, Gozo. He then moved to the United States and continued his studies in New York, where he settled permanently. By the age of 20 he had several poems published in anthologies in London and New York City. History Writing Buttigieg is best known for ''Pastorale'' (1978), ''Poeticus I & II'' (1986) and (1992), and the first book he wrote in his late teens, ''Wizard's Spider Mystic Glider'', (1989) which are written in a classical style; he received criticism when he later introduced a more modern style in his experiments and improvisational poetry. In the last few years he returned to his earlier style in works like ''The Wisdom of Stones'' (2002), ''Remnants from the Book of Time'' (2002), and ''The Procession'' (1999). Although for the last 25 years Buttigieg has been writing only in English and very little in his native Maltese, his subject matter still includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Buttigieg
Anton Buttigieg, ( mt, Anton Buttiġieġ ; 19 February 1912 – 5 May 1983) was a Maltese political figure and poet. He served as the second president of Malta from 1976 until 1981. Early life Anton Buttigieg was born in Qala, Gozo, on 19 February 1912, the third child of Salvatore and Concetta (née Falzon) Buttigieg. He was educated at the Government Primary School, Qala (from 1916 to 1922), the Gozo Seminary (from 1923 to 1927), St Aloysius' College Malta (from 1928 to 1930) and the University of Malta, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1934, and Doctor of Laws in 1940. Marriages In 1944 he married Censina and had three children – John, Rose and Emanuel. She then died. In 1953 he married Connie Scicluna, who also predeceased him. In 1975, he married, lastly, to Margery Patterson. Career During World War II (1942–1944), he served in the Maltese Police Force as an Inspector, and after he practised the law. In 1955, he also served as an acting Magistra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Buttigieg
Robert "Robbie" Buttigieg (27 November 1936 – 11 February 2004) was a Maltese football defender who played for Sliema Wanderers and represented Malta at international level. A one-club man List of one-club men may refer to: * List of one-club men in association football * List of one-club men in rugby league * List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise * List of NBA players who have spent ..., he captained Sliema Wanderers and later managed the club. Personal life Buttigieg's son, John, was also a footballer and won 97 caps for the Malta national football team. References 1936 births Maltese men's footballers Maltese Premier League players Malta men's international footballers 2004 deaths Men's association football defenders Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Sliema Wanderers F.C. managers Maltese football managers {{Malta-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Buttigieg
Norman Buttigieg (born 18 February 1956) is a Maltese former footballer who played as a sweeper. At the club level he played primarily with Hibernians in the 1970s and 1980s, winning three league titles at the club. He also earned 20 caps with the Malta national team. Playing career Buttigieg was born on 18 February 1956 in the Maltese town of Paola, and began playing football as a child on the field behind the Christ the King Parish Church. As a teenager, he joined De Paule Band Club of the Paola District League, a local competition organized to identify talent for Hibernians' youth teams. He was quickly spotted and selected for the Hibernians under-18 squad. In 1972–73, he and the rest of the squad were promoted en bloc to the first team, which was playing in the Maltese Premier League (then known as the First Division). Buttigieg went on the play over 200 matches across 13 seasons with Hibernians, winning three Premier League titles and two Maltese FA Trophies, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Franciscus Buttigieg
Michael Franciscus Buttigieg (3 November 1793 – 12 July 1866) was a Maltese prelate who became the first Bishop of Gozo in 1864. Buttigieg was born on November 3, 1793 in Qala, Gozo, Malta and baptized in St Peter and St Paul parish church of Nadur (Qala was at the time part of the Nadur parish). He was ordained priest on December 21, 1816. Some years later, in 1863, he was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Malta. He was consecrated by Cardinal Niccola Paracciani Clarelli on May 3, 1863 in the church of Santissima Trinità Montecitorio in Rome. Buttigieg was assigned the titular see of Lete. A year later, in 1864, Pope Pius IX created the Diocese of Gozo and Buttigieg was appointed as its first bishop. He took charge of the diocese on October 23, 1864. Two years later Bishop Buttigieg died in Victoria, Gozo on July 12, 1866 at the age of 72. He is buried in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo Victoria ( mt, Il-Belt Victoria, meaning "the city Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Buttigieg
Rebecca Buttigieg (born 2 December 1993) is a Maltese politician from the Labour Party who is currently serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality in the Maltese Government. She was elected to the Parliament of Malta in the 2022 general election. Buttigieg graduated from the University of Malta with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations, and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Master of Science degree in Global Crime, Justice and Security. References See also * List of members of the parliament of Malta, 2022–2027 This is a list of members of the Maltese House of Representatives elected to the 14th legislature in the 2022 Maltese general election. In the Parliament, the Labour Party holds a majority of seats after securing a third consecutive victory: 44 ... Living people 21st-century Maltese women politicians 21st-century Maltese politicians Women government ministers of Malta Labour Party (Malta) politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
