Malta [European Journal of Political Research 50]

Abstract

Following the departure of the outgoing Minister for Social Policy,John Dalli, to take up his post of European Union Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, the Prime Minister carried out a small cabinet reshuffle in February.The vacated ministry was trimmed and recast as Ministry for Health, the Elderly and Community Care, with the remaining responsibilities in the portfolio of ‘social policy’ going to the Minister for Education, who in turn gave up Culture to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). Another small change involved the transfer of Enemalta, the state energy monopoly, from the Ministry for Communications and National Projects (now Infrastructure, Transport and Communications) to the Ministry for Finance and Economic Affairs. The number of cabinet ministers remained unchanged.