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. Steven Ernest Linares is a Gibraltarian

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, barrister and

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affiliated to the

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(LPG). He is an MP at the Gibraltar Parliament and as of December 2011 formed part of the

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as Minister for Sport, Culture, Heritage, Youth, Utilities, Refuse Collection, Fire Service, Civil Contingencies and Postal Services. Since June 2021, Linares is the Minister for Housing, Employment, Youth and Sport.

Biography

Linares was one of the first admitted to the Bayside Comprehensive School, along with

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and

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. He worked in several positions (

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, Retco. etc.) before, at the age of 23, enrolling at

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where he received his

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(Hons.) in 1987. In 1988 he taught at ''St Joseph's Middle School'' and then for twelve years at the ''Bishop Fitzgerald Middle School'' before being elected to

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in the 2000 general elections. Affiliated in 1989 to the ''Gibraltar Teachers' Association'' (GTA), Linares was also a member of Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP), where he remained until 1992. That year, he joined the

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(later Liberal Party of Gibraltar) and chose to focus more on union issues. He became vice president of the GTA in 1993 and president in 1995. He was elected to the '' Gibraltar Trades Council'' in 1994 and was president of the ''Gibraltar Representative Organisation'' from 1993 to 1995, where he worked with Jaime Netto and Joe Holliday. In 1996, with the defeat of the National Party in the

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and its transformation into the Liberal Party, Linares was one of the architects of the rapprochement between the LP and the GSLP. In 2000, he became Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Youth and Culture. In 2009, he became a barrister in the UK, and in 2010 in

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. Linares attended the

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(

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) and is a member of

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. As a barrister, he worked for the law firm Charles Gomez & Co. In 2011, with the GSLP/Liberal Alliance's victory in the

, Linares was appointed Minister for Sport, Culture, Heritage, Youth, Utilities, Refuse Collection, Fire Service, Civil Contingencies and Postal Services. Since June 2021, Linares is the Minister for Housing, Employment, Youth and Sport. In 2020 was appointed Chairperson of the Climate Justice Committee of

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. As Minister for Culture, he was a pioneer in bringing to Gibraltar and organising the Gibraltar Music Festival

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Married in 1992 and a father of 3, Linares enjoys Sports in general, international Politics and outdoor pursuits and has hiked Toubkai Atlas Mountains in Morocco the Inca Trials in Peru and the Kilimanjaro Tanzania Uhuru Peaks.

References

External links

Steven Linares – Government of Gibraltar official site

Gibraltar in Czech Republic culture mission
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