Attorney General Silvio Camilleri will be appointed Chief Justice to replace Judge Vincent de Gaetano who will take up his post as Judge at the European Court of Human Rights on 9th September.

57-year-old Silvio Camilleri is a long-serving prosecutor at the Attorney General’s Office and was appointed AG in 2004.

According to the Constitution, the Chief Justice is appointed by the President, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister. He or she may be chosen from either practising lawyers, magistrates who possess the qualifications required by law to be appointed judge, or serving judges.

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