22 Facts About Cyrus Engerer

Cyrus Engerer is a former Maltese Member of European Parliament representing the Labour Party.

From 2014 till 2019 Cyrus Engerer was the Prime Minister's special envoy to the European Union.

Cyrus Engerer was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in November 2020.

Cyrus Engerer himself was convicted for spreading revenge porn and received a suspended two years term imprisonment.

Cyrus Engerer is the partner of Partit Laburista's Member of Parliament Randolph De Battista.

Cyrus Engerer read an Honours Degree in European Studies and Communications at the University of Malta, graduating in 2007 with a dissertation on "The Role of the European Parliament: Developments, the Constitution and Future Prospects".

Cyrus Engerer then obtained a Master's in European Politics from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium with a dissertation on 'Malta Europeanised: Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns'.

Cyrus Engerer later joined the Malta-EU Steering and Action Committee and worked as adviser on EU funds to various Ministries, local councils and NGOs.

Cyrus Engerer is known for his public stands on civil rights, Malta's national identity and the protection of the environment.

At the 2009 administrative elections in Malta, Cyrus Engerer was elected to the Sliema Local Council, third among ten candidates.

Cyrus Engerer frequently criticised the Nationalist Party's conservative positions, especially on issues related to civil rights and liberties, while he regularly questioned his party's democratic credentials.

The statement spurred Cyrus Engerer to declare he would resign from the party's structures, if its leader and Prime Minister did vote against the will of the Maltese.

Gonzi ultimately voted against divorce, which led Cyrus Engerer to resign from the Nationalist Party on 15 July 2011 and join the Labour Party led by Joseph Muscat, who had personally campaigned for the introduction of divorce legislation and other civil liberties.

Cyrus Engerer joined and became highly involved in the Labour Party.

Cyrus Engerer's involvement was particularly prominent in the 2013 Labour Party campaign for the General Elections, where he worked hard to encourage former Nationalist voters to vote Labour.

On 8 June 2013, Cyrus Engerer announced that he would be contesting the 2014 European Parliament election in Malta.

Cyrus Engerer submitted his nomination to Labour Party for the elections on 5 August 2013, getting support from Minister Evarist Bartolo, Minister Helena Dalli, Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg, Member of Parliament Deborah Schembri and Gozo Labour Party spokesperson Guza Cassar.

Cyrus Engerer's campaign, called Malta l-Ewwel, was launched in Valletta on 27 October 2013.

In October 2014, Cyrus Engerer was appointed by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat as his "special envoy" to the European Union, in parallel to the official Permanent Representative of Malta to the EU sitting in Brussels' Dar Malta office.

Cyrus Engerer run on the Labour Party ticket at the 2019 European Parliament election in Malta and placed 5th from the Labour Party's list of candidates, with the party electing four Members.

When it became clear that Miriam Dalli would resign from her seat to be coopted to the Maltese Parliament, Cyrus Engerer was elected on 5 November 2020.

Cyrus Engerer wrote a biography of the Labour Party leader, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.