Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi


Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi (born 23 September 1973) is a Maltese politician and the Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds within the Office of the Prime Minister in Prime Minister Robert Abela’s cabinet..[1] [2] . He has been serving as a Member of Parliament for the 5th Electoral District (Birżebbuġa, Ħal Farruġ, Ħal Kirkop, Ħal Safi, Mqabba, Qrendi, Żurrieq) since 2017.

Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi is married to Silvana, with whom he has two children.[3]

Career

Zrinzo Azzopardi is a lawyer by profession, practicing mainly in commercial and civil law since 2000. In May 2013, Zrinzo Azzopardi was appointed as Chairman of the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation, a position he held until January 2020. During his tenure, the Corporation was responsible for the completion of several projects designed by Architect Renzo Piano, namely the new Parliament Building, the Capital City of Valletta’s entrance, and later Castille Square.[4] The same Corporation oversaw an EU funded regeneration project in lower Valletta.[5]

Political Career

Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi is a Partit Laburista politician and has been active in the political sphere since 1996, at multiple levels within the local community and the Party.[6]

By the age of 30, in 2003, he was elected as president of the then Labour Party, and during his tenure, he oversaw various structural reforms, including the introduction of a new statute in 2008, which revitalized and modernized the political party.

In June 2017, Zrinzo Azzopardi was elected as a Member of Parliament on the 5th Electoral District.[7] Within Parliament, he has since served as Chairman on the Adjunct Consideration of Bills Committee, as well as a member of the Economic and Financial Affairs Committee,[8] the Foreign and European Affairs Committee,[9] and the National Audit Office Accounts Committee. He also forms part of Malta’s Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly[10] and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly [11] [12] [13]

In January 2020, Zrinzo Azzopardi was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary responsible for European Funds, a Secretariat which now forms part of the Office of the Prime Minister[14]

Achievements

As Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Malta’s management of European Funds, Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi has overseen the negotiations which led to Malta’s greatest allocation of European Union funds to date, i.e. the sum of €2.27 billion.[15] Through his portfolio, Zrinzo Azzopardi has also facilitated the completion of the following projects across the Maltese islands:

References
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  2. "Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds".
  3. "Parliamentary Secretary Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi celebrates wedding anniversary with a sweet message to his wife". www.ourwedding.mt.
  4. "New Parliament due to be completed by September". Times of Malta.
  5. "Lower Valletta regeneration a 'blueprint' for other projects". Times of Malta.
  6. "Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi". Partit Laburista.
  7. "zrinzo azzopardi stefan". Parliament of Malta. July 5, 2017.
  8. "Economic and Financial Affairs Committee". Parliament of Malta. July 11, 2017.
  9. "Foreign and European Affairs Committee". Parliament of Malta. July 11, 2017.
  10. "Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)". Parliament of Malta. July 12, 2017.
  11. "Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA)". Parliament of Malta. July 12, 2017.
  12. https://pace.coe.int/en/members/7788/zrinzo-azzopardi
  13. "Mr. Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi". www.oscepa.org.
  14. "These are Robert Abela's ministers and parliamentary secretaries". Times of Malta.
  15. "How will Malta benefit from the allocated €2.27bn in EU funds over the next few years?". BusinessNow.mt. December 16, 2020.
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