Byron Camilleri
Byron Camilleri | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Home Affairs, Security and Employment | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Abela |
| Preceded by | Michael Farrugia |
| Government Whip | |
| In office 9 June 2017 – 15 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Joseph Muscat Robert Abela |
| Preceded by | Glenn Bedingfield |
| Succeeded by | Andy Ellul |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2017 | |
| Constituency | Fourth District |
| Mayor of Fgura | |
| In office 2010–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Darren Marmarà |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Dalli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1988 |
| Party | Partit Laburista |
| Spouse | Salome Camilleri (née Catania) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Malta |
| Occupation |
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| Committees | House Businesses, Privileges |
Byron Camilleri MP (born 28 January 1988) is a Maltese lawyer and politician from the Labour Party serving in the Parliament of Malta. He has served as the mayor of Fgura from 2010 to 2017.[1]
Political career
He was elected to the Thirteenth Legislature of Malta in the 2017 Maltese general election and served from 2017 to 2022, and was reelected in the 2022 Maltese general election to serve on the Fourteenth Legislature of Malta. He served as Government Whip between 2017 and 2020, when Robert Abela appointed him to Minister for Home Affairs, Law Enforcement and National Security.[2] He was re-elected to Parliament in the 2022 Maltese General Elections, and was re-appointed Abela as Home Affairs minister, but with additional portfolios. He is now Minister for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality.
In July 2025, Camilleri was among several European officials declared "persona non grata" by the Government of National Stability in eastern Libya after he and the said officials held an earlier meeting with officials of the rival Government of National Unity based in Tripoli.[3]
Personal life
Camilleri has been in a relationship with Salome Catania since 2015. He proposed in April 2020[4] and the pair wed in July 2022.[5] The couple have one daughter, Pippa, born on 29 August 2023.[6]
References
- ^ "Minister".
- ^ "Camilleri byron". 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Eastern Libyan authorities deport EU ministers, commissioner". Africanews. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Minister Byron Camilleri proposes". Times of Malta. Allied Newspapers Ltd. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Home Affairs Minister gets married - The Malta Independent". The Malta Independent. No. 30 July 2022. Standard Publications Ltd. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Byron Camilleri becomes a father - The Malta Independent". The Malta Independent. Standard Publications Ltd. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2025.