- Arnold Cassola
Infobox_Politician
name = Prof. Arnold Cassola
order = Chairperson ofAlternattiva Demokratika
term_start =2008
term_end =
Political party = AD
Religion =Roman Catholic
Professions = Associate Professor in Comparative Literature
spouse =
children =Arnold Cassola is a Maltese politician, an Associate Professor in Comparative Literature at the
University of Malta and the author and editor of various books and academic papers. He has held elective office and political posts inMalta ,Italy and at a European level.Maltese politics
Cassola was one of the co-founders in 1989 of Alternattiva Demokratika. Between 1990 and 1997 he was the Party's delegate to the
European Green Party (EGP). He unsuccessfully contested national elections with the Party in 1992, 1998, 1998, 2003 and 2008. Between 1994 and 1997 he served as local councillor inSwieqi . His best result in Maltese politics was in the 2004 election for the European Parliament when he obtained 9.33% (or 23,000 votes) of the first preference votes, just failing to be elected one of Malta's five MEPs.In July 2008 Cassola was elected Chairperson of the Party after the resignation of
Harry Vassallo .European Green Party
Cassola was elected member of the Executive Committee of the
European Green Party in 1997, eventually being elected Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the (EGP). In the latter post he served between 1999 and 2006. Between 2001 and 2006 he was one of the three European representatives on the Global Greens Coordination, aEuropean Union electoral observer inBurundi (2005) and editor of the official organ of theEuropean Greens "Green Update " (since 1998).Italian politics
In Italy, Cassola was a deputy in the
Italian Chamber of Deputies elected by Italian expatriates in the Europe constituency with the centre-left coalitionL'Unione between 2006 and 2008. In 2008 he stood in the same constituency for election withLa Sinistra -Arcobaleno but failed to be elected [ [http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080416/local/cassola-loses-italian-parliamentary-seat timesofmalta.com - Cassola loses Italian parliamentary seat ] ] .Honours
Cassola was made "Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana" in
2003 by Italian President of the Republic,Carlo Azeglio Ciampi .References
External links
* [http://www.europeangreens.org European Green Party]
* [http://www.arnoldcassola.com Cassola's website]###@@@KEY@@@###succession box | title=Chairperson of
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