Joe Mizzi, recently appointed as Minister for Energy and
Water Management is a Maltese politician who has
been a Member of Parliament since 1987. He has served as Malta’s Minister for
Transport and Infrastructure from
2013 to 2017 and prior to that, he
served as Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister between
1996 and 1998.
Mizzi received his post-secondary
education at the Technical Institute, Malta; subsequently he followed a course
in Advanced Electronics and Telecommunications. He started his career working as a Technician/Operator in the
Computer Room based on a ship dedicated to Seismic Surveys (Oil Exploration) in
the Maltese territory between 1971 and 1972.
Later, he was engaged as a Radio
Officer on merchant ships where he continued until 1975 when pursued his techniques in the sector of Telecommunications up to 1992, holding the post of Senior Technician with Deutsche Welle
Radio.
In 1983 he was nominated by the
Labour Government in the setting up and formation of RTV Ltd, where he later
served for a number of years as the Technical Director representing the
government side.
Joe Mizzi became active in the Malta Labour Party in 1975, when he joined as a member in the
Kalkara Youth section of the Malta Labour Party and he was appointed Propaganda
Secretary. Mizzi started his
parliamentary career within the Malta Labour Party when he contested Malta’s
general elections for the first time in 1987 and was elected in the 2nd
District.
He was subsequently elected
member of Parliament in the General Elections of 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013, representing
the Second Electoral District. From
1989 until 2013 he served as Secretary of the Labour Parliamentary Group and a
Member of the Administration of the Malta Labour Party. In 1996, the Labour Party won the general elections and Mizzi was appointed
Minister at the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibilities for Police,
Home Affairs, Telecommunications and Oil Exploration, a position he held until
the general elections of 1998.
Between 1998 and 2008 Mizzi was
assigned the role of Shadow Minister for Environmental Planning and Oil
Exploration, Shadow Minister
for Infrastructural Services and Oil Exploration, which responsibilities also
included Enemalta, Water Services Corporation, Telecommunications, the Malta
Maritime Authority and MaltaPost.
From 2009 to 2013 he was the main
spokesman for Transport, Resources and Oil Exploration, including the Malta
Maritime Authority and Malta International Airport.
In March 2013 the Labour Party
won the general elections and Mizzi was appointed as Minister for Transport and
Infrastructure. In the last General
Election, Joe Mizzi was appointed Minister for Energy and Water Management.
Portfolio:
Development of Alternative Energy
Sources
Energy Policy
Water Policy
Energy and Water
Services
Entities:
The Energy and Water
Agency
Enemalta PLC
International
Engineering Services Ltd
Water Services
Corporation
WSC International Ltd
ARMS Ltd
Engineering Resources
Ltd
Regulator for Energy
and Water Services
Enemed Ltd
Petromal Ltd
Mediterranean Offshore
Bunkering Co. Ltd