Barrie Ciliberti

Barrie Ciliberti (born July 27, 1936) is an American professor and politician. He is a professor at the University of Maryland University College and current Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 4. He previously represented District 39 in the House of Delegates from 1995 to 1999.

Early life and education Ciliberti was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Friends Select School. He later attended Ursinus College, where he earned a B.A. degree in history in 1957; Georgetown University, where he earned a M.A. degree in history in 1960; and Catholic University, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in administration in 1975.

Ciliberti is married to his wife, Pam, and has five adult children.

Career Since 1965, Ciliberti has worked as an associate professor of education at Bowie State University.

In 1985, Ciliberti was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to a member of the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board for a six-year term. President Reagan also appointed Dr Ciliberti to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education. He has served as a guest lecturer for the U.S. Information Agency and a special assistant for ethnic affairs with the Republican National Committee.

Ciliberti unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1996, losing to incumbent U.S. Representative Connie Morella in the Republican primary election. Dr. Ciliberti's second tour was 255 miles north of Baghdad in the city of Mosul, Iraq where he served as the Senior Governance Advisor for Ninewah Province where he helped build the governance capacity of Provincial and city leaders throughout Ninewah Province.

In 2014, Ciliberti unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 4, receiving 14.0 percent of the vote in the Republican primary. The Carroll County Republican Central Committee also voted to recommend Ciliberti, in addition to Jason Miller and Ken Timmerman, to fill the vacancy. Hogan appointed Ciliberti to the House of Delegates on February 3, 2015.

In the legislature Ciliberti was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 39 on January 11, 1995. and his stance against aggressive driving. He was a member of the Environmental Matters Committee. He was a member of the Appropriations Committee from 2015 to 2018, afterwards serving on the Environment and Transportation Committee until 2025. During the 2026 legislative session, Ciliberti was a member of the Government, Labor, and Elections Committee.

During the 2015 legislative session, Ciliberti introduced legislation that would prohibit abortions past 20 weeks, excluding specific medical emergencies. The bill was re-introduced during the 2016 legislative session.

In September 2015, Ciliberti and state Senator Michael Hough wrote a letter to David Brinkley, the Maryland Secretary of Budget and Management, to push the state to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood from the state's budget.

During the 2024 legislative session, Ciliberti introduced a bill that would require a 24-hour waiting period after a pregnant person receives a transabdominal ultrasound before a provider could perform an abortion.

Business In July 2015, the Maryland Business for Responsible Government gave Ciliberti a score of 86 percent in its annual legislative scorecard.

COVID-19 pandemic Ciliberti introduced legislation in the 2020 legislative session that would charge people who attack doctors or nurses with a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both.

In April 2020, Ciliberti questioned the legality of the mask mandates implemented by an executive order issued by Governor Hogan, calling the mandates "draconian".

Education In April 2019, Ciliberti voted against the Blueprint for Maryland's Future. He was the only member of the Frederick County delegation to do so.

Environment In July 2015, the Maryland Business for Responsible Government gave Ciliberti a score of 50 percent in its annual legislative scorecard.

Guns In March 2018, Ciliberti voted against a bill that would ban bump stocks, which passed the Maryland House of Delegates by a vote of 128-7. He was the only member of the Frederick County delegation to vote against the bill.

National politics In December 2019, Ciliberti called the first impeachment of Donald Trump an "attempted coup d'etat".

Election results +Republican primary, Congress, Maryland 8th district, 1996 PartyNameVotesPercentRepublicanConstance A. Morella28,81865%RepublicanBarrie S. Ciliberti11,84527%RepublicanJohn C. Webb Jr.2,7706%RepublicanLuis F. Columba6982% + Alternate Delegates to the Republican National Convention, District 6, 2020 PartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanJerry DeWolf (Trump)31,64733.7%RepublicanLuanne Ruddell (Trump)29,40233.5%RepublicanBarrie S. Ciliberti (Trump)33,57332.8%