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Peter Caruana
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| Peter Caruana | |
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| Assumed office 12 October 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Bossano |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | 15 October 1956 Gibraltar |
| Political party | Gibraltar Social Democrats |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Peter Richard Caruana QC (born 15 October 1956) is a Gibraltarian politician, and has been Chief Minister of Gibraltar since 1996, when his party, the Gibraltar Social Democrats, first came to power. His party was re-elected to office in 2000, 2003 and 2007. He is a barrister by profession. He was appointed a QC, after his election as chief minister.
Caruana was educated in Gibraltar and in the UK.
The party which he now leads is robustly against any transfer of sovereignty to Spain but are in favour of uncompromised dialogue. In December 2004 the principle of tripartite talks, recognising the Government of Gibraltar as an equal party with Britain and Spain, was finally recognised, largely as a result of his efforts.
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Caruana has been involved in several high profile disputes with Chief Justice Derek Schofield leading to allegations that the Chief Minister is leading a vendetta against the judge. This vendetta is said to have included tapping of the Chief Justice's telephone and politically motivated charges for minor offences being brought against him in an attempt to "discredit" him and "hound him out of office". [1] [2]
In November 2006 Caruana was accused of using racist language and "insult[ing] all African people and nations", when in a parliamentary debate on the proposed constitutional reforms he said words to the effect that criticisms of the constitution were an attempt to "Africanise" the referendum debate . This was taken to be a reference to Chief Justice Schofield who was formerly a high court judge in Kenya and is married to Kenyan Human Rights Lawyer Anne Schofield. [3] [4]
- Caruana only has vision in one of his eyes, as does his UK counterpart Gordon Brown.
- Caruana is chauffeured around in a Rover 820Si, registration G1.
- He is of Maltese descent.
- Office of the Chief Minister Peter Caruana
- Vox - Local Africans Take Caruana to Task for ‘Racist’ Remarks" (November 2006)
- Panorama - Letters to the Editor 10-11-2006 - "Appalled by chief minister's insult of African people"
- Panorama - "Police to Investigate Phone Tapping Claims at Home of Chief Justice" (May 2000)
| Preceded by Joe Bossano |
Chief Minister of Gibraltar 1996– |
Succeeded by — |
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