Joseph Muscat

Joseph Muscat (born 22 January 1974) is a Maltese politician who has been Prime Minister of Malta since 2013. Muscat has been leader of the Labour Party since 6 June 2008, and he was Leader of the Opposition from 1 October 2008 to 10 March 2013. Previously he was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2008.

After the Labour Party's victory in the March 2013 general election, Muscat took office as Prime Minister on 11 March 2013.

Education

Muscat received his secondary education at St Aloysius' College, Malta. He received his tertiary education at the University of Malta and the University of Bristol. He graduated Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Public Policy (University of Malta, 1995), Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Public Policy (University of Malta, 1996), Master of Arts in European Studies (University of Malta, 1997) and Ph.D. in Management Research (University of Bristol, 2007) with a thesis on Fordism, multinationals and SMEs in Malta.

Journalism

Muscat worked as a journalist with the party's radio station, Super One Radio. He later took on a similar role at Super One, becoming the station's assistant head of news in 1996. He was also editor of the party's online newspaper, maltastar.com between 2001 and 2004. Muscat wrote a regular column in l-Orizzont, a Maltese-language newspaper published by the General Workers'Union and its sister Sunday weekly It-Torca, and was a regular contributor to The Times, an independent newspaper published in Malta.