Charles Bruzon

Charles Arthur Bruzon (10 June 1938 – 16 April 2013) was a Gibraltarian politician and former Roman Catholic priest. He was affiliated with the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP). In the general elections of 2011, he was elected to the Gibraltar Parliament and appointed Minister for Housing and the Elderly.

Early life and education Despite being the son of a City Councillor and former member of the Legislative Council Luis Francis Bruzon, Bruzon's political vocation came after a religious vocation. In his youth, he studied for six years in the Ushaw College (a Catholic seminary) at Durham University, which he left after being ordained. His family is originally from Genoa.

Career Ordained ministry Bruzon was ordained as a priest 1962. and went to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, asking for a resolution concerning the pressures of Spain against the residents of Gibraltar. Appointed Shadow Minister for Housing, Bruzon said he had carefully studied all the promises made by the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) since 1996, about a solution to the chronic housing question in the Rock. In his analysis, the problem worsened during the administration of Peter Caruana (from 1996 to 2011).

Death Bruzon died on 16 April 2013 at age 74.

Personal life His nephew, Fr Charles Bruzon, is the military chaplain aboard .