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Lorna Vassallo hija mill-Im\u0121arr imma tg\u0127ix l-Imsida.\u00a0 Hija t-tieni \u0121enerazzjoni ta\u2019 politi\u010bi fil-familja.\u00a0 Missierha Pio Vassallo \u0127are\u0121 g\u0127all-elezzjoni tmien darbiet bejn l-elf disa\u2019 mija tlieta u \u0127amsin u l-elf disa\u2019 mija seba\u2019 u tmenin, darba mal-Malta Workers\u2019 Party (prede\u010bessur tal-Partit Laburista immexxi mill-Prim Minitru Pawlu Boffa), darbtejn indipendenti u \u0127ames darbiet mal-Malta Labour Party.\u00a0 Kien attivista fl-istrajk \u0121enerali tal-elf disa\u2019 mija tmienja u \u0127amsin, fil-kri\u017ci politiko-reli\u0121ju\u017ca tas-sittinijiet kif ukoll fil-kri\u017ci tal-iskejjel tat-tmeninijiet.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo mhix mi\u017c\u017cew\u0121a u l-familja tag\u0127ha llum tikkonsisti minn ommha Marija, \u0127uha, il-mara tieg\u0127u u \u017c-\u017cew\u0121 neputijiet \u017cg\u0127ar tag\u0127ha li tant huma g\u0127al qalbha.\u00a0 Billi Pio Vassallo kien mi\u017c\u017cewwe\u0121 darbtejn hija kellha wkoll \u0127uha mill-missier l-Awstralja u li kien mi\u017c\u017cewwe\u0121 G\u0127awdxija li g\u0127adha sal-lum tg\u0127ix Melbourne ma\u017c-\u017cew\u0121t itfal adulti tag\u0127ha.<\/p>\n

B\u0127ala passatempi Lorna Vassallo g\u0127andha r-rikostruzzjoni ta\u2019 battalji stori\u010bi, il-kant u t-teatru.\u00a0 Ivvja\u0121\u0121at f\u2019diversi pajji\u017ci fil-\u0127ames kontinenti inklu\u017ci fl-Amerika Latina, l-Afrika ta\u2019 Fuq, l-Afrika t\u2019Isfel, l-Asja u l-Awstralja.<\/p>\n

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Lorna Vassallo is from M\u0121arr but lives in Msida.\u00a0 She is the second generation of politicians in her family.\u00a0 Her father Pio Vassallo ran for 8 general elections between 1953 and 1987: once with the Malta Workers\u2019 Party (predecessor of Malta Labour Party led by PM Sir Paul Boffa), twice Independent and five times with Malta Labour Party.\u00a0 He was an activitist, during the politico-religious crisis in the 60\u2019s as well as the education crisis in the 80\u2019s.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo is not married and her family today consists of her brother, her sister-in-law, and her two nephews who she adores.\u00a0 Since Pio Vassallo was married twice, she also had a half-brother in Australia who was married to a Gozitan woman who still lives with her two adult children in Melbourne today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lorna Vassallo\u2019s hobbies are historical reenactments, singing and theatre.\u00a0 She is a very ardent traveller and her travels spanned the five continents including Latin America, North Africa, South Africa, Asia and Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sa minn et\u00e0 \u017cg\u0127ira Lorna Vassallo kienet segretarja tal-kumitat lokali tal-Im\u0121arr Malta fejn twieldet. Hija kkontestat elezzjonijiet tal-Kunsilli Lokali u interni tal-Partit Laburista kif ukoll l-elezzjonijiet generali tal-elfejn u tlieta, l-elfejn u tmienja u l-elfejn u tlettax fuq it-tnax-il distrett li jinkludi l-Mellie\u0127a, Naxxar u San Pawl. Kien g\u0127al din ir-ra\u0121uni li l-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat stidinha biex titfa\u2019 n-nominab\u0127ala kandidata g\u0127all-Elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew fl-elfejn u dsatax. B\u0127alissa l-Partit Laburista qed jipprova j\u017cid il-persenta\u0121\u0121 ta\u2019 nisa li jipparte\u010bipaw fil-politika Maltija li ftit li xejn inbidlet statistikament mag\u0127tul dawn l-a\u0127\u0127ar \u0127amsin sena, minkejja l-prestazzjoni akkademika mill-aqwa tan-nisa Maltin u edukazzjoni b\u2019xejn g\u0127al kul\u0127add.<\/p>\n

Id-Deputat Mexxej tal-Partit Laburista, Deputat Prim Ministru u Ministru g\u0127as-Sa\u0127\u0127a l-Onor. Chris Fearne, il-\u0127abib antik tag\u0127ha s-Segretarju Parlamentari g\u0127all-Persuni b\u2019Di\u017cabilit\u00e0 u Anzjanit\u00e0 Attiva l-Onor. Anthony Agius Decelis u l-Membru Parlamentari l-Onor. Robert Abela appo\u0121\u0121jaw in-nomina tag\u0127ha b\u0127ala kandidata g\u0127all-elezzjoni g\u0127all-Parlament Ewropew tal-elfejn u dsatax uffi\u010bjalment.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As from a very young age Lorna Vassallo was the Local Committee Secretary, of M\u0121arr, Malta \u2013 the village where she was born.\u00a0 She ran for Local Council elections and Labour Party\u2019s internal elections.Later, she ran for the general elections in 2003, 2008 and 2013 on the 12th district which comprises Mellie\u0127a, Naxxar and St. Paul\u2019s Bay.\u00a0 It is for this reason that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat invited her to be nominated as candidate for the European Parliament Elections 2019.\u00a0 At the moment, Partit Laburista is keen on improving the percentage of female participation in Maltese politics which has hardly improved statistically over the last 50 years, in spite of the good academic performance of Maltese women and free education for all.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Partit Laburista Deputy Leader , Deputy PM and Minister for Health Hon. Chris Fearne, her long-time friend Parliamentary Secretary for Disabled People and Active Ageing Hon. Anthony Agius Decelis and Member of Parliament, Hon. Robert Abela officially supported her nomination as candidate for the European Parliament election 2019.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Diplomatic Career” tab_id=”1554843917470-d60ba392-f6ed”][vc_column_text]\n

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Lorna Vassallo ng\u0127aqdet mal-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin immexxi mill-Onor. \u0120or\u0121 Vella ftit xhur qabel il-Presidenza Maltija tal-Kunsill tal-UE fl-2016. Fil-bidu \u0127admet fuq il-pajji\u017ci G\u0127arab tal-Afrika ta\u2019 Fuq (Maghreb), i\u017cda wara \u0121iet assenjata l-inkarigu tal-Kontinent Afrikan li jinkludi 46 pajji\u017c. L-A\u017cil u l-Immigrazzjoni u l-Pajji\u017ci \u0120irien tan-Na\u0127a t\u2019Isfel tal-Mediterran kienu t-tnejn prioritajiet tal-Presidenza Maltija.<\/p>\n

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Fost l-ikbar avvenimenti li \u0127admet g\u0127alihom flimkien mal-Ministeru kien hemm id-Djalogu Politiku bejn l-UE u l-ECOWAS (blokk ekonomiku ta\u2019 15-il pajji\u017c tal-Afrika tal-Punent), \u0121ewwa Brussell, f\u2019April 2017, u kien presedut mill-Onor. \u0120or\u0121 Vella flimkien ma\u2019 Marjon Kamara, Chairperson tal-ECOWAS. \u00a0\u00a0Avveniment ie\u0127or importanti li \u0127adet sehem fih Lorna Vassallo, kienet il-Konferenza \u2018Our Oceans\u2019 (Ottubru 2017) \u0121ewwa Malta ta\u0127t it-tmexxija tal-Kummissarju Ewropew Malti responsabbli mill-Ambjent, Affarijiet Marittimi u Sajd, Karmenu Vella. Din il-Konferenza ma kinitx parti mill-programm tal-Presidenza Maltija tal-Kunsill tal-UE.\u00a0 \u0126admet ukoll mas-Sezzjoni tal-Protokoll fejn laqg\u0127et dinjitarji u politi\u010bi matul i\u017c-\u017cjara tag\u0127hom f\u2019Malta fosthom Federica Mogherini, Rappre\u017centanta G\u0127olja tal-UE g\u0127all-Affarijiet Barranin u l-Politika tas-Sigurt\u00e0 u Vi\u010bi-President tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea. F\u2019April 2017 hija assistiet lill-Ministru tal-Finanzi tal-Al\u0121erija waqt il-Laqg\u0127a Informali tal-ECOFIN f\u2019pajji\u017cna.\u00a0 Fl-2018 \u0121iet mag\u0127\u017cula b\u0127ala rapporteur<\/em> fil-Laqg\u0127a Annwali tal-Kunsill tal-Maltin li Jg\u0127ixu Barra (fosthom emigranti). Assistiet ukoll lingwistikament lir-rappre\u017centant tad-Dixxendenti tal-Maltin u Maltin fi Franza li fis-seklu dsatax missirijiethom kienu emigraw lejn l-Afrika ta\u2019 Fuq.<\/p>\n

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B\u0127ala parti minn xog\u0127olha ta\u2019 kuljum hija ssegwi mill-qrib, fost o\u0127rajn, il-\u0126idma tal-COAFR (Grupp ta\u2019 \u0126idma dwar l-Afrika) fi \u0127dan il-Kunsill tal-UE kif ukoll il-laqg\u0127at tal-FAC (Kunsill tal-Affarijiet Barranin) li jlaqqa\u2019 flimkien il-Ministri tal-Affarijiet Barranin tat-28 pajji\u017c tal-UE, u l-laqg\u0127at tal-Uffi\u010bjali G\u0127olja (HOMs) li segwew il-Valletta Summit<\/em> tal-2015. Tg\u0127in ukoll fit-t\u0127ejjijiet g\u0127al \u017cjarat statali tal-PM, tal-President tar-Repubblika, u tal-Ministru tal-Affarijiet Barranin\u00a0 barra minn Malta. \u0126ejjiet g\u0127all-pre\u017centazzjoni tal-kredenzjali ta\u2019 Ambaxxaturi \u0121odda, kif ukoll attendiet u assistiet f\u2019laqg\u0127at ma\u2019 Ambaxxaturi u Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires<\/em> ta\u2019 Pajji\u017ci Afrikani fosthom l-Angola u l-Kenja.<\/p>\n

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Apparti \u017cviluppi tal-EEAS (Servizz Ewropew g\u0127all-Azzjoni Esterna), li huwa inkarigat mir-relazzjonijiet politi\u010bi tal-UE mal-pajji\u017ci kollha li mhumiex fl-Unjoni, u l-AU (Unjoni Afrikana) hija ssegwi wkoll fora o\u0127ra internazzjonali\/multilaterali b\u0127all-Forum tal-Mediterran tal-Punent (5+5) u l-Unjoni g\u0127all-Mediterran. Kull sena tg\u0127in g\u0127all-preparazzjoni g\u0127all-Assemblea \u0120enerali tal-\u0120nus Mag\u0127quda fi New York li fil-mar\u0121ini tag\u0127ha fl-a\u0127\u0127ar snin il-PM Malti u l-Ministru tal-Affarijiet Barranin iltaqg\u0127u ma\u2019 diversi kapijiet ta\u2019 Stati u Ministri tal-Affarijiet Barranin.<\/p>\n

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Min\u0127abba l-kontinent li hija inkarigata minnu Lorna Vassallo hija prin\u010biparjament inti\u017ca f\u2019su\u0121\u0121etti b\u0127all-immigrazzjoni u drittijiet tal-bniedem.\u00a0 \u0126idma o\u0127ra tinkludi korrispondenza ma\u2019 Ambaxxati, t\u0127ejjija kull sena fuq id-dokument tal-Ba\u0121it, segwiment ta\u2019 Memoranda ta\u2019 Ftehim u Trattati fosthom fis-setturi tat-Taxxa u tal-Avjazzjoni, stqarrijiet g\u0127all-Istampa, traduzzjoni ta\u2019 dokumenti mil-lingwa Ingli\u017ca jew Fran\u010bi\u017ca g\u0127all-Ministeru kif ukoll dokumenti o\u0127ra g\u0127all-Ministru tal-Affarijiet Barranin.\u00a0 Billi l-eks-Ministru George W. Vella ma kkontestax l-elezzjoni \u0121enerali tal-2017, sa minn din id-data l-Onor. Karmenu Abela sar il-Ministru g\u0127all-Affarijiet Barranin u l-Promozzjoni tal-Kummer\u010b.\u00a0 F\u2019April 2019, l-Onor. George W. Vella, eks-Ministru g\u0127all-Affarijiet Barranin, \u0121ie ma\u0127tur President tar-Repubblika ta\u2019 Malta.<\/p>\n

Mill-1 ta\u2019 Jannar 2020 sal-a\u0127\u0127ar ta\u2019 Ottubru 2021 Lorna Vassallo \u0127admet fl-Ambaxxata Maltija \u0121ewwa l-\u0120ermanja b\u0127ala Attach\u00e9e Spe\u010bjali\u00a0 sabiex tassisti fil-laqg\u0127at matul il-Presidenza \u0120ermani\u017ca tal-Kunsill tal-UE.<\/p>\n

B\u0127ala parti minn xog\u0127olha hija attendiet laqg\u0127at spe\u010bjalizzati tal-Gvern \u0120ermani\u017c f\u2019diversi ministeri f\u2019Berlin fosthom il-Ministeru Federali tal-Finanzi, tal-Affarijiet Barranin, tas-Sa\u0127\u0127a, tal-Ambjent, tal-Konservazzjoni tan-Natura u s-Sigurt\u00e0 Nukleari, fi\u017cikament jew virtwalment.<\/p>\n

Attendiet u ppreparat rapporti g\u0127all-gvern Malti ta\u2019 diversi konferenzi.\u00a0 Dawn inkludew konferen\u017ci tal-Gvern \u0120ermani\u017c, konferenzi internazzjonali organizzati minn persuni u organizzazzjonijiet \u0120ermanizi, organizzazzjonijiet politi\u010bi bba\u017cati fil-\u0120ermanja kif ukoll laqg\u0127at tal-partiti politi\u010bi \u0120ermani\u017ci.<\/p>\n

Attendiet ukoll attivitajiet organizzati minn entitajiet Maltin fil-\u0120ermanja, fosthom attivit\u00e0 organizzata mill-Awtorit\u00e0 Maltija g\u0127at-Turi\u017cmu (MTA). Akkumpanjat ukoll lill-President tar-Repubblika, George W. Vella f\u2019Berlin f\u2019Settembru\u00a0 fl-2021.<\/p>\n

Wara r-ritorn tag\u0127ha Malta hija kompliet il-\u0127idma tag\u0127ha mal-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u Ewropej u Kummer\u010b li issa huwa mmexxi mill-Ministru Ian Bor\u0121, fid-Direttorat tas-Servizzi Konsulari u tal-Maltin li Jg\u0127ixu Barra.\u00a0 Hija inkarigata mill-preparazzjoni ta\u2019 informazzjoni g\u0127all-President, PM, Ministru tal-Affarijiet Barranin, Speaker tal-Kamra, Ambaxxaturi u dinjitarji o\u0127ra Maltin qabel laqg\u0127at li dawn ikollhom ma\u2019 dinjitarji barranin minn diversi na\u0127at tad-dinja.<\/p>\n

Inkarigata wkoll mill-implimentazzjoni tal-Pro\u0121etti li jiffurmaw parti mill-Istrate\u0121ija Nazzjonali tal-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u l-Manifest Elettorali.<\/p>\n

Fost il-Pro\u0121etti li jifffurmaw parti minn xog\u0127olha kienet u hija inkarigata mill-introduzzjoni tal-Formula g\u0127ar-Re\u0121istrazzjoni ta\u2019 Persuni ta\u2019 Valur li Jg\u0127ixu Barra minn Malta li inkludiet ukoll l-produzzjoni ta\u2019 vidjow g\u0127al dan l-iskop u l-Forum Virtwali ta\u017c-\u017bg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127 li j\u0121ib flimkien \u017cg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127 dixxendenti tal-Maltin minn kull parti tad-dinja u li l-ewwel wie\u0127ed tax-xorta tieg\u0127u\u00a0 ttella\u2019 fis-17 ta\u2019 Settembru 2022.<\/p>\n

Qed ta\u0127dem ukoll fuq pro\u0121etti o\u0127ra ta\u2019 arti, kultura u sports f\u2019koordinazzjoni ma\u2019 entitajiet o\u0127ra tal-gvern kif ukoll pubblikazzjoni spe\u010bjali b\u2019kooperazzjoni ma\u2019 Heritage Malta.<\/p>\n

Wara r-ritorn tag\u0127ha Malta hija kompliet il-\u0127idma tag\u0127ha mal-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u Ewropej u Kummer\u010b li issa huwa mmexxi mill-Ministru Ian Bor\u0121, fid-Direttorat tas-Servizzi Konsulari u tal-Maltin li Jg\u0127ixu Barra.\u00a0 Hija inkarigata mill-preparazzjoni ta\u2019 informazzjoni g\u0127all-President, PM, Ministru tal-Affarijiet Barranin, Speaker tal-Kamra, Ambaxxaturi u dinjitarji o\u0127ra Maltin qabel laqg\u0127at li dawn ikollhom ma\u2019 dinjitarji barranin minn diversi na\u0127at tad-dinja.<\/p>\n

Inkarigata wkoll mill-implimentazzjoni tal-Pro\u0121etti li jiffurmaw parti mill-Istrate\u0121ija Nazzjonali tal-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin u l-Manifest Elettorali.<\/p>\n

Fost il-Pro\u0121etti li jifffurmaw parti minn xog\u0127olha kienet u hija inkarigata mill-introduzzjoni tal-Formula g\u0127ar-Re\u0121istrazzjoni ta\u2019 Persuni ta\u2019 Valur li Jg\u0127ixu Barra minn Malta li inkludiet ukoll l-produzzjoni ta\u2019 vidjow g\u0127al dan l-iskop u l-Forum Virtwali ta\u017c-\u017bg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127 li j\u0121ib flimkien \u017cg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127 dixxendenti tal-Maltin minn kull parti tad-dinja u li l-ewwel wie\u0127ed tax-xorta tieg\u0127u\u00a0 ttella\u2019 fis-17 ta\u2019 Settembru 2022.<\/p>\n

Qed ta\u0127dem ukoll fuq pro\u0121etti o\u0127ra ta\u2019 arti, kultura u sports f\u2019koordinazzjoni ma\u2019 entitajiet o\u0127ra tal-gvern kif ukoll pubblikazzjoni spe\u010bjali b\u2019kooperazzjoni ma\u2019 Heritage Malta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lorna Vassallo joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs led by the then Hon.. George Vella a few months before the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2016.\u00a0 At the beginning she worked on the North African States (Maghreb), but later she was assigned the African Continent that consists of 46 states. Asylum and Immigration as well as the Southern Mediterranean Neighbouring countries were both priorities of the Maltese Presidency.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Amongst the major events that Lorna Vassallo was involved in with the Ministry there was the EU-ECOWAS Political Dialogue.\u00a0 ECOWAS is an trade bloc of 15 countries in the West of Africa. This Dialogue took place in Brussels, in April 2017, and was co-chaired by the then Hon. George Vella with Marjon Kamara, ECOWAS Chairperson.\u00a0 Another major event which Lorna Vassallo took part in was the \u2018Our Oceans Conference\u2019 (October 2017) which was held in Malta by the Maltese Commissioner in the EU for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella.\u00a0 This Conference was not part of the programme of the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo also worked with the Protocol Section where she welcomed various dignitaries and politicians during their visit to Malta, including Federica Mogherini,<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>and Vice-President of the European Commission. In April 2017 she assisted the Finance Minister of Algeria during his Informal ECOFIN Meeting in Malta.\u00a0 <\/em>In 2018 she was chosen as rapporteur for the Annual Meeting of the Council of Maltese Living Abroad (amongst which Maltese emigrants).\u00a0 She also acted as linguistic assistant to the Representative of the Maltese and their Descendants in France (whose families had emigrated to North Africa during the 19th<\/sup> century). <\/em><\/p>\n

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She follows the internal meetings of the EU closely as part of her daily routine.\u00a0 Amongst others, she follows COAFR (Africa Working Party) meetings within the European Council as well as the FAC meetings (Foreign Affairs Council) that brings together all the Foreign Affairs Ministers from the 28 countries of the EU, as well as HOMs (High Officials\u2019 Meetings) that followed the Valletta Summit 2015. Her work also includes the background preparation for all official visits of the Prime Minister, the President of the Republic and the Minister for Foreign Affairs abroad.\u00a0 She took part in the organization of the presentation of credentials of new Ambassadors, and attended and assisted in meetings with Ambassadors and Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires of African countries, amongst which Angola and Kenya.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Apart from developments within the EEAS (European Union External Action Service), that is in charge of the EU\u2019s political relationships with all non-EU countries, and the AU (African Union) she also follows international\/multilateral fora such as the Western Mediterranean Forum (5+5) and the Union for the Mediterranean.\u00a0 Every year she helps with the preparation for the United Nations General Assembly in New York in the margins of which the Maltese PM and Ministers for Foreign Affairs met a number of Head of States and Foreign Affairs Ministers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Because of the continent Lorna Vassallo is primarily in charge of, she is particularly versed in immigration and human rights.\u00a0 Other work she carries out at the Ministry is correspondence with Embassies, yearly preparation of the Budget document, follow-up of Memoranda of Understanding and Treaties, amongst which, in the Double Taxation and Aviation sector, Press Releases, translation of documents from the English or French language into the Maltese language for the Ministry as well as other documents for the Minister for Foreign Affairs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since <\/em>Hon. George Vella did not run for the 2017 general election, <\/em>as from 2017, the Hon. Karmenu Abela was appointed new Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion.\u00a0 <\/em>In April\u00a0 2019, Hon. George Vella, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, George W. Vella was sworn in as President of the Republic of Malta.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the 1st January 2020 until the end of October 2021 Lorna Vassallo served as a Special Attach\u00e9e to aid with meetings during the German Presidency of the EU Council at the Embassy of Malta in Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

As part of her assignments she attended specialized meetings at various Ministries of the German Government in Berlin amongst which the Federal Office of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Health,\u00a0 Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Security, physically or virtually.<\/em><\/p>\n

She attended and reported various conferences for the Maltese government. These included conferences by the German government, international conferences organised by German personalities and organisations, political organisations based in Germany as well as meetings by German political parties.<\/em><\/p>\n

She also attended activities organised by Maltese entities in Germany, amongst which an activity by the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA).\u00a0 She also accompanied the President of the Republic of Malta, George W. Vella in Berlin in September 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n

After her return to Malta se continued her work at the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade which is now led by Minister Ian Bor\u0121, at the Directorate for Consular Services and Maltese Living Abroad.\u00a0 She is in charge of the preparation for information for dignitaries including the President, PM, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Speaker of the House, Ambassadors and other Maltese dignitaries in anticipation of meetings these have with other dignitaries from different parts of the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

She is also responsible for the implementation of the projects that form part of the National Strategy of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Electoral Manifesto.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Persons of Value Registration Form for Maltese living abroad that also included the production of a video for its launching and the Virtual Youth Forum which brings together young Maltese descendants from all corners of the world, held for the first time on the 17th<\/sup> September 2022, are projects that form part of her work.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other artistic, cultural and sports projects she is presently working on include coordination with other government entities as well as a special publication in cooperation with Heritage Malta.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Academic & Professional Career” tab_id=”1537733187347-77ddb3c4-36ee”][vc_column_text]\n

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Lorna Vassallo ggradwat b\u2019B.A. fil-Li\u0121i Maltija, Ekonomija u Politika Internazzjonalifl-elf disa\u2019 mija sitta u disg\u0127in. Wara \u0121abet warrant b\u0127ala Prokuratur Legali fl-elf disa\u2019 mija sebg\u0127a u disg\u0127in. Apparti minn hekk hi g\u0127andha Masters fil-Li\u0121i Ewropea. Matul is-snin segwiet korsijiet qosra fid-Diplomazija, il-Li\u0121i Marittima, il-Kitba kif ukoll g\u0127amlet M.A. fit-Traduzzjoni u l-Interpretazzjoni.Minkejja dan, wara karriera qasira ta\u2019 \u0127idma fil-Qrati Maltin, matul is-snin, \u0127admet l-iktar fl-oqsma tat-Tag\u0127lim fosthom b\u0127ala g\u0127alliema \u2018part-time\u2019 tal-Malti, Ingli\u017c, Taljan, \u0120ermani\u017c u Fran\u010bi\u017c. Kienet ukoll lettur u e\u017caminatri\u010bi esternatal-Gwidi Turisti\u010bi u l-Fran\u010bi\u017c g\u0127all-gwidi mal-Istitut tal-Istudji Turisti\u010bi, . Hija \u0127admet ukoll g\u0127al diversi snin b\u0127ala gwida turistika spe\u010bjalment fil-Fran\u010bi\u017c, Taljan u l-\u0120ermani\u017c. Il-lingwi, flimkien mal-politika, huma l-passjoni ta\u2019\u00a0 Lorna u minbarra l-lingwi Ewropej hija kisbet \u010bertifikati fl-G\u0127arbi, ir-Russu u l-Ispanjol.<\/p>\n

Wara li Lorna Vassallo kienet ma\u0127tura Membru tal-Bord tal-Kooperattivi g\u0127al xi \u017cmien,kellha tirre\u017cenja minn din il-po\u017cizzjoni biex tokkupa l-kariga ta\u2019 Mani\u0121er fl-istess Bord. Wara dan, \u0127admet g\u0127al xi \u017cmien fis-Sezzjoni tal-Mistoqsijiet Parlamentari mal-Ministeru tal-Ekonomija, Investiment u Intrapri\u017ci \u017bg\u0127ar li huwa mmexxi mid-Deputat Mexxej Laburista tal-lum, l-Onor. Chris Cardona. Hija \u0127admet ukoll fid-Dipartiment tal-Artijiet fejn kienet responsabbli minn \u010anus u dokumenti tal-Qrati tal-\u0120ustizzja kif ukoll rrappre\u017centat\u2019il-Gvern fuq g\u0127add ta\u2019 kuntratti.\u00a0 Wara bdiet ta\u0127dem mal-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin, l-ewwel ta\u0127t l-Onor. George Vella u issa ta\u0127t it-tmexxija ta\u2019 l-Onor. Carmelo Abela. Hija \u0127adet sehem attiv fil-Presidenza tal-Unjoni Ewropea fl-ewwel sitt xhur tal-elfejn u sbatax. Illum hija pri\u010biparjament responsabbli mill-Kontinent Afrikan \u2019l isfel mis-Sa\u0127ara li jinkludi disa\u2019 u erbg\u0127in pajji\u017c. Sa mill-elfejn u tmintax hija n\u0127atret membru tal-bord ta\u2019 \u2018Dar Kenn G\u0127al Sa\u0127\u0127tek\u2019, Fondazzjoni fi \u0127dan il-Ministeru tas-Sa\u0127\u0127a li ti\u0121\u0121ieled kontra l-obe\u017cita` u d-di\u017cordni tal-ikel. \u0126admet ukoll vi\u010bin il-Ministru Fearne fuq il-pro\u0121ett \u2018LEAD\u2019 li l-g\u0127an tieg\u0127u hu li jinkura\u0121\u0121ixxi n-nisa Maltin biex jipparte\u010bipaw aktar fil-politika.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 1996, Lorna Vassallo graduated with a B.A. in Maltese Law, Economics and International Relations. She then went on to obtain a warrant as Legal Procuratorin 1997. She also possesses a Masters in European Law which she obtained in 1998. Over the years she also read courses in Diplomacy, Maritime Law, Writing and read for an M.A. in Translation and Conference Interpreting at the University of Malta.\u00a0 After a short career at the Law Courts themselves, she has mainly worked in the educational sector, as a part-time Maltese, English, Italian, German and French teacher. She also worked as a lecturer and examiner of Tourist Guiding and French for guiding at the Institute of Tourism Studies, Pembroke.\u00a0 Languages, along with politics, are Lorna\u2019s passion and apart from the aforementioned languages she also obtained certification in Arabic, Russian and Spanish. She also worked as a tourist guide for various years especially guiding in French, Italian and German.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently, Lorna Vassallo was appointed a Member of the Co-operatives Board for some time, she had to resign from this position in order to occupy the role of manager on the same board. Later, she worked briefly in the Parliamentary Questions Section with the Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses, which is run by the Labour Party\u2019s Deputy Leader, Hon. Chris Cardona. She also worked with the Lands Department where she was responsible for ground rent and the filing of court documents. She also regularly represented the government on various property contracts. Subsequently, she began working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, which was initially run by Hon. Geroge Vella and is now entrusted to Hon. Carmelo Abela. She also actively took part in the European Union Presidency in the first six months of 2017. Today she is primarily responsible for the Sub-saharan African Region which includes 49 countries. As of 2018 she was appointed as a member of the board for \u2018Dar Kenn G\u0127al Sa\u0127\u0127tek\u2019 which is a centre for the treatment of eating disorders and obesity, under the Ministry of Health. Furthermore, she also worked closely with Minister Chris Fearne on a project called \u2018Lead\u2019, aimed at encouraging female participation in Maltese politics.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Journalistic & Literary Career” tab_id=”1537733188233-71b5e5f5-ef2f”][vc_column_text]\n

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Dawn l-a\u0127\u0127ar dsataxax-il sena, ji\u0121ifieri mill-elf disa\u2019 mija disa\u2019, Lorna Vassallo saret mag\u0127rufa sew mal-qarrejja tal-\u0121urnal l-\u201cOrizzont\u201d l-ewwel bil-kitbiet tag\u0127ha dwar l-Unjoni Ewropea sas-sena elfejn u tlieta u mill-elfejn u tlieta \u2018l hawn dwar il-politika nazzjonali. Kitbet u g\u0127adha sal-lum tikteb diversi artikli wkoll fil-\u0121urnal \u2018Il-Kull\u0127add\u2019.\u00a0 Mill-elfejn u erbg\u0127a sal-elfejn u sitta ikkontribwixxiet fil-\u0121urnal bl-Ingli\u017c \u201cThe Times of Malta\u201d.\u00a0 L-ewwel pubblikazzjoni tag\u0127ha \u201cIl-Ktejjeb tal-\u0126rejjef\u201d \u0127ar\u0121et fl-elfejn u sitta.\u00a0 Dan il-ktieb jirrakonta l-istorja politika tal-poplu Malti sad-d\u0127ul fl-UE permezz ta\u2019 \u0127rafa g\u0127at-tfal. Fl-elfejn u tnax nidiet il-ktieb \u2018Maltese through English\u2019, li sal-lum g\u0127adu l-itwal ktieb qatt ippubblikat dwar il-grammatika Maltija, u li jfisser l-ilsien Malti permezz tal-lingwa Ingli\u017ca sabiex iwasslu wkoll lill-barranin. Fl-elfejn u tlettax \u0127ar\u0121u t-tieni u t-tielet ktieb tal-istess sensiela u fl-elfejn u sittax \u0127ar\u0121u r-raba\u2019 u ll-\u0127ames ktieb u s-CD li takkumpanja s-sett. L-ewwel edizzjoni ta\u2019 \u2018Maltese through English\u2019 Book 1 inbieg\u0127et kollha u g\u0127alhekk re\u0121g\u0127et \u0127ar\u0121et ukoll l-edizzjoni riveduta tag\u0127ha fl-elfejn u sittax. B\u0127alissa Lorna Vassallo qed ta\u0127dem fuq il-pubblikazzjoni ta\u2019 l-ewwel minn serje ta\u2019 kotba \u0121dida tag\u0127ha bl-isem ta\u2019 \u2018A GUIDE\u2019S GUIDE TO MALTA\u2019 \u2013 glossarju ta\u2019 terminolo\u0121ija g\u0127all-gwidi prospettivi f\u2019Malta. Il-ktieb ser jinkludi terminolo\u0121ija b\u2019sitt lingwi: Malti, Ingli\u017c, Taljan, Fran\u010bi\u017c, \u0120ermani\u017c u Spanjol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These last 19 years, Lorna Vassallo has become well knownwith the readers of the Maltese daily \u2018L-Orizzont\u2019.\u00a0 From 1999 to 2003 she wrote columns about the European Union and as from 2003 her writings mainly concentrated on national politics.\u00a0 She also contributes to the weekly \u2018Il-Kull\u0127add\u2019.\u00a0 From 2004 to 2006 she wrote regularly in \u2018The Times of Malta\u2019.\u00a0 Her first publication \u2018Il-Ktejjeb tal-\u0126rejjef\u201d was published in 2006.\u00a0 Through what looks like a children\u2019s fable, Lorna Vassallo tells the story of Malta\u2019s entry into the EU. In 2012 she launched her first book of the series \u2018Maltese through English\u2019.\u00a0 This book remains the longest Maltese language grammar book to date.\u00a0 It explains the Maltese language through English allowing full accessibility to foreigners.\u00a0 In 2013, she publishedBooks 2 & 3 of the series and Book 4, the Booklet and CD were published in 2016.\u00a0 The first edition of\u00a0 \u2018Maltese through English\u2019 Book 1 was sold out and the second and revised edition was published in 2016. At the moment Lorna Vassallo\u00a0<\/b>is also working on the publication of the first book\u00a0<\/b>of a new series to be called \u2018A GUIDE\u2019S GUIDE TO MALTA\u2019 – a glossary of guiding terminology for prospective guides in Malta in six languages: Maltese, English, Italian, French, German and\u00a0 Spanish.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Theatrical & Artistic Career” tab_id=”1537733235676-555c4314-26ab”][vc_column_text]\n

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Lorna Vassallo pprodu\u010biet diversi pre\u017centazzjonijiet teatrali flimkien mal-Partit Laburista.\u00a0 L-ewwel produzzjoni \u2018It-tfal ta\u2019 Nikol Grixti\u2019 kien id-dramm mill-pinna tal-eks-Mexxej u Prim Ministru Laburista Dr. Alfred Sant li kien jikkommemora Jum il-\u0126elsien fl-elf disa\u2019 mija disa\u2019 u sebg\u0127in.\u00a0 \u2018Il-\u0126anut tal-Ar\u0121entier\u2019 ta\u2019 Papa \u0120wanni Pawlu t-Tieni ttellg\u0127et fl-elfejn u \u0127amsa u fl-elfejn u sitta Lorna Vassallo ttradu\u010biet g\u0127all-Malti \u2018Il-Programm Televi\u017civ\u2019 ta\u2019 Michel Vinaver, awtur Fran\u010bi\u017c, li wkoll ttellg\u0127et fil-Kwartieri Nazzjonali.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo wara ttradu\u010biet g\u0127all-Malti l-Kummiedja Fran\u010bi\u017ca ta\u2019 Moli\u00e8re \u2018In-nisa G\u0127orrief\u2019 i\u017cda li g\u0127adha qatt ma ttellg\u0127et fuq il-palk sal-\u0121urnata tal-lum.\u00a0 Fil-passat hija \u0127admet fulltajm mal-istazzjon televi\u017civ Education 22 u fil-produzzjoni u l-pre\u017centazzjoni ta\u2019 diversi programmi televi\u017civi u tar-radju dwar \u0121rajjiet kurrenti, legali, politi\u010bi u su\u0121\u0121etti kulturali o\u0127ra fosthom ma\u2019 Super One Radio, One Radio u TVM.\u00a0 Hija kienet ukoll mistiedna u kelliema fuq bosta programmi o\u0127ra.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lorna Vassallo produced various theatrical performances with Malta Labour Party (as Partit Laburista was formerly known).\u00a0 The first production was \u2018It-Tfal ta\u2019 Nikol Grixti\u2019 translated as \u2018Nikol Grixti\u2019s children\u2019 \u2013 a play by former Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Dr. Alfred Sant commemorating Freedom Day 1979.\u00a0 She also produced \u2018The Jeweller\u2019s Shop\u2019 of Pope John Paul the second in 2005. In 2006 Lorna Vassallo translated the French play \u2018The Television Programme\u2019 by Michel Vinaverinto Maltese.\u00a0 This play was also held at the National Party Headquarters, Hamrun in the same year.\u00a0 Later she translated the French comedy \u2018The knowledgeable wives\u2019 by Moli\u00e8re, which unfortunately was never staged.\u00a0 In the past, Lorna Vassallo worked full-time with the national educational TV channel \u2018Education 22\u2019.\u00a0 She also produced and presented various TV and radio programmes on various other state-owned and private radio and TV channels.\u00a0 These mainly dealt with current affairs as well as legal, political, cultural and educational issues.\u00a0 Amongst the channels which broadcast her programmes there were Super One and One Radio which form part of Partit Laburista\u2019s private channel and TVM,which is the national TV channel, specifically its Newsroom.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tour][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tour][vc_tta_section title=”Personal Life” tab_id=”1537733145761-0976e653-d6c8″][vc_column_text] Lorna Vassallo hija mill-Im\u0121arr imma tg\u0127ix l-Imsida.\u00a0 Hija t-tieni \u0121enerazzjoni ta\u2019 politi\u010bi fil-familja.\u00a0 Missierha Pio Vassallo \u0127are\u0121 g\u0127all-elezzjoni tmien darbiet bejn l-elf disa\u2019 mija tlieta u \u0127amsin u l-elf disa\u2019 mija seba\u2019 u tmenin, darba mal-Malta Workers\u2019 Party (prede\u010bessur tal-Partit Laburista immexxi mill-Prim Minitru Pawlu Boffa), darbtejn indipendenti u \u0127ames darbiet<\/p>\n

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