Clyde Caruana

Clyde Caruana (born 21 February 1985) is a Maltese economist and politician within the Labour Party, serving as Minister for Finance and Employment since November 2020. He previously served as Chief to Staff to Robert Abela

Biography

Caruana graduated with a bachelor in commerce from the University of Malta in 2002.

He worked as a statistician within Malta's National Statistics Office between 2007 and 2012, during which period he also graduated with a master in economics at the University of Malta in 2009.

Caruana also served as mayor of Żabbar between 2006 and 2009. He did not seek re-election for the post in the 2009 Local Council elections.

After leaving the Statistics Office, in 2012-2013 Caruana worked as consultant for Malta's General Workers' Union. He succeeded Keith Schembri, who resigned in the wake of the 2019–2020 Maltese protests linked to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, and Mark Farrugia, who temporarily held the role in December 2019. Caruana was appointed Minister for Finance and Employment in November 2020.