Lino Spiteri

Lino Spiteri (23 September 1938 – 14 November 2014) was a Maltese writer and politician. He served as Finance Minister from 1981 to 1983, and again from 1996 to 1997.

Biography

Spiteri graduated in politics and economics at St Peter's College, Oxford and got involved in politics in 1957 as a member of the Labour Party's national executive committee. He was first elected to Parliament in 1962, at 23 years, and served in Parliament for 21 years.

In 2003, differently from the Labour Party line, he voted in favour of EU membership.

In 2008 he was awarded Ġieħ ir-Repubblika and made Companion of the Order of Merit (K.O.M).

Spiteri authored several novels and short stories such as Anatomija - short stories and Il-Halliel u stejjer ohra, and was a regular newspaper contributor.

He was married with four children.