Arnold Cassola for MEP

Arnold Cassola was born in Sliema, Malta. He is an Associate Professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Malta. He has taught at the Universities of Catania (1981-83) and Roma "La Sapienza" (1983-88). In 1999 he was elected Secretary General of the European Green Party, the only non EU citizen ever elected as Secretary General of any European Political Party. In 2003 he was honoured with the title of Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana by the Italian President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for cultural merits, in particular those concerning relations between Italy and Malta.

Arnold Cassola is the author/editor of over thirty books on the history, literature, language and culture of Malta as well as of books on Green politics in Malta and Europe. He is the author of scores of academic papers in various countries.

Apart from Malta, he has studied and worked in Italy, Belgium and Switzerland.

Political Curriculum
2008 Elected Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party
2006-2008 Member of the "European Affairs Committee", Italian Parliament
2006 Elected to the Italian Parliament in the European Constituency
2005 European Union electoral observer in Burundi
2004 Re-elected one of the three European representatives on the "Global Greens Coordination"
2004 Obtained 23,000 first count votes in representation of AD at European Parliament elections, equilvalent to 9.4% of the votes.
2003 Re-elected Secretary General of the European Green Party (EGP)
2001 Elected one of the three European representatives on the "Global Greens Coordination"
1999 Elected Secretary General of the European Green Party (EGP)
1998-2006 Editor of Green Update, the organ of the European Green Party.
1997-2006 Deputy Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika and Spokesperson on European Affairs
1997-99 Elected on the Executive Committee of the European Green Party (EGP)
1994 Elected Local councillor in Swieqi, Malta
1990-1997 Alternattiva Demokratika International Affairs Spokesperson and delegate on the European Green Party, representing Alternattiva Demokratika
1989 Co- founder of Alternattiva Demokratika- The Green Party
E-MAIL: arnoldcassola@gmail.com

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