About Clayton Bartolo
Clayton Bartolo (born 2 June 1987) is a Maltese politician, accountant and registered auditor. He was member of the Labour Party and former Minister for Tourism. He first entered politics as a councillor and later deputy mayor of the local council of Mellieħa. He was elected as a Labour member of the Parliament of Malta in June 2017. Despite his success in achieving a record of tourist arrivals in Malta after the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, in November 2024 he was forced to resign as Minister for Tourism and as a Labour MP after a scandal broke out involving the promotion of his then-girlfriend and personal secretary Amanda Muscat to a consultancy role and allowing her to receive a salary without fulfilling her duties for 13 months. His lavish spending was also put into question. He continues to serve in parliament as an independent MP. Instead, the Commissioner found that Muscat continued to work at Clayton Bartolo’s ministry as his private secretary but received her salary from the Gozo ministry.
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