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Antoinette Vassallo

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Preceded byPauline Miceli
Preceded byJosephine Farrugia
Succeeded byRalph Mangion
Antoinette Vassallo
Commissioner for Children (Malta)
Assumed office
1 February 2022
Preceded byPauline Miceli
Mayor of Ta' Xbiex
In office
1999–2013
Preceded byJosephine Farrugia
Succeeded byRalph Mangion
Chairperson of the Housing Authority (Malta)
In office
April 2013  September 2017
Board Director, Malta Communications Authority (MCA)
In office
April 2008  February 2013
Board Director, Malta Industrial Parks (MIP)
In office
October 2017  October 2019
Vice Chairperson of the Children And Young Persons Advisory Board (CYPAB)
In office
June 2018  December 2018
Chairperson of the Children And Young Persons Advisory Board (CYPAB)
In office
December 2018  June 2020
Vice Chairperson of the Home Help Board
Assumed office
March 2020
Board member, Committee for the strengthening of the family within the Ministry (KFT)
Assumed office
April 2020
Board Member, Committee of St Vincent De Paul Long Term Care facility
Assumed office
April 2020
Personal details
PartyLabour Party (Malta)
SpouseAdrian Vassallo (Former Labour MP)
ProfessionNurse (former)

Antoinette Vassallo is a Maltese public official and former politician with the Labour Party. She served as Mayor of Ta' Xbiex from 1999 until 2013, chaired the Housing Authority between 2013 and 2017, and was appointed Commissioner for Children in 2022.

Vassallo trained as a nurse, graduating in 1978, and worked in nursing until 1985.[1]

Local government

She entered local politics in March 1999 when she contested local council elections with the Labour Party. Vassallo was elected Mayor of Ta’ Xbiex, a position she held until 2013.[2][3]

Mayor of Ta' Xbiex

  • **Preceded by:** Josephine Farrugia
  • **Succeeded by:** Ralph Mangion

Housing Authority

Following her tenure as mayor, Vassallo was appointed Chairperson of the Housing Authority in April 2013. She held the post until September 2017, overseeing initiatives in social housing and affordable accommodation policies.[4]

Commissioner for Children

On 1 February 2022, Vassallo was appointed as Malta's Commissioner for Children, succeeding Pauline Miceli.[1][5][6]

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