Joseph Giglio is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served in the

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since

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, representing

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as a member of the Nationalist Party. Giglio is the Shadow Minister for

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and is a Nationalist Party spokesman. Giglio was briefly considered for leadership of the Nationalist Party against incumbent leader

Bernard Grech Bernard Grech (born 8 June 1971) is a Maltese politician and lawyer who has been the leader of the Nationalist Party since 2020. Early and professional life Grech was born on 8 June 1971, in Paola to John and Frida Grech. He grew up in Bir� ...

in April 2022. A former lawyer for

Pilatus Bank Pilatus was a Maltese bank located in Ta' Xbiex. The bank created in 2013 and closed in 2018. History Pilatus Bank started its operations in January 2014. Its owner was Seyed Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, known as Ali Sadr. The bank came into the s ...

, 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 Joseph Muscat (born 22 January 1974) is a Maltese politician who served as the prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020, and as the leader of the Labour Party from June 2008 to January 2020. Muscat was re-elected as prime minister in the ...

, the then-

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