1. Jason Azzopardi graduated as Doctor of Laws with a master's degree in financial services from the University of Malta in 1996 and that year he started practicing as a private criminal lawyer in the courts of Malta.
13 Facts About Jason Azzopardi
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Jason Azzopardi contested the 2022 general election but was not elected and subsequently announced his departure from the Nationalist Party, stating that he was deliberately isolated by the Party.
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Jason Azzopardi served in that legislature as Minister for Fair Competition and Small Business and Consumers.
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Jason Azzopardi was again re-elected to Parliament in the 12th legislature but remained in opposition as his party lost the general election.
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Jason Azzopardi failed to get elected in the 2022 General Elections.
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Jason Azzopardi resigned from the Nationalist Party following a dispute with party leader Bernard Grech over allegations that Grech had lunch with relatives of Yorgen Fenech and that the party received a donation to campaign for a presidential pardon for Fenech.
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Jason Azzopardi identifies as a Roman Catholic, guided by this faith's principles in his values as a Member of Parliament.
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Jason Azzopardi said he has no regrets in stating his opinion against divorce.
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Jason Azzopardi has played a central role in the legal proceedings following the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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Jason Azzopardi currently represents the Caruana Galizia family and acted as parte civile lawyer in the Daphne Caruana Galizia public inquiry, together with fellow PN MP Therese Comodini Cachia.
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Jason Azzopardi has been a vocal critic of the Labour Government's treatment of the inquiry and of its governance prior to and in the wake of Caruana Galizia's assassination.
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Jason Azzopardi has made claims linking various Labour Party politicians with Caruana Galizia's assassination or with an alleged cover-up of the murder, including former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and former Chief of Staff Keith Schembri.
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Jason Azzopardi has made claims linking former Minister Chris Cardona and sitting Minister Carmelo Abela to a 2010 bank heist.