- Harry Vassallo
Infobox_Politician
name = Dr Harry Vassallo
order = Ex Chairperson ofAlternattiva Demokratika
term_start =1998
term_end =2008
Political party = AD
religion =Roman Catholic
Professions = Lawyer and Journalist
spouse = Susanna
children = Sebastian
NinaHarry Vassallo (born Enrico Vassallo) was the Chaiperson of the Maltese
Green Party political party,Alternattiva Demokratika from 1998 till 2008. He was succeeded by Prof.Arnold Cassola .Vassallo studied at the
University of Malta from where he graduated as doctor of laws in 1982 with a thesis on Insurance Law.Journalism
Between
1981 and1988 Vassallo was law reporter forThe Times (Malta) covering a period of trials dealing with human rights violations. He was later parliamentary reporter for the same paper (1988-89) before taking up the editorship of the Green Party paper "Alternattiva" (1989-91).He is presently a regular contributor to the Times,
L-Orizzont andMalta Today .Activism and Politics
Vassallo first joined "The Green Movement", a now defunct group, in
1979 .In
1981 he became a member of "Żgħażagħ għall-Ambjent", one of the first Maltese environmentalist movements, which was later to re-name itself to "Moviment għall-Ambjent" and, eventually,Friends of the Earth (Malta). Vassallo edited the movement's magazine "L-Ambjent" (1987 ) and served as its General Secretary (1989 ).Vassallo was one of the co-founders of
Alternattiva Demokratika , the Maltese The Green Party, in1989 and unsuccessfully stood for all general elections since on the Party ticket. Vassallo also stood on a Green Party ticket, this time successfully, in1994 in the local election inSliema . He has served as Chairperson ofAlternattiva Demokratika between1998 and2008 .On the international scene Vassallo was Malta's delegate to both the
European Federation of Green Parties and its successor theEuropean Green Party (EGP) (1999-2006). He has also served as a member of the EGP Committee since2006 .References
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