Grazio Mercieca

Despite hailing from Żabbar, Mercieca lived in Gozo, also serving as president of Labour’s Gozo section. He worked for 30 years as lawyer in the private sector, and also served as Justice Commissioner.^[2]

Following the 2013 Maltese general election won by the Labour Party, Mercieca served as chief adviser to the Minister for Gozo Anton Refalo, earning €50,000 per year. He resigned in 2015 to become court assistant for Justice Wenzu Mintoff.^[3]

Mercieca also chaired the Small Claims Tribunal in Gozo.^[when?][4]

In 2016, the Commission for the Administration of Justice of Malta's Judicial Appointments Committee cleared Mercieca for appointment as Judge. However, he was only sworn in as Magistrate.

Mercieca was finally appointed as Judge in October 2018. In his inaugural speech he stressed that in the four years before retiring, he planned to tackle the court caseload, pointing out how, as Magistrate, he had cleared all backlog on collision proceedings and civil lawsuits in three districts. ^[4]

Mercieca was set to retire in November 2025.^[5]