COMMISSION : MALTESE DALLI TO TAKE UP HEALTH AND CONSUMER PORTFOLIO.

PositionJohn Dalli

John Dalli, the Maltese Commissioner designate for Health and Consumer Policy, has been involved in politics for quite some time. For one thing, he has served as a minister of the Maltese Government for almost two decades. In the past he has been responsible for the Maltese economy, for finance and for foreign affairs and is currently the social policy minister. Before entering politics, the 61-year old has worked as an accountant in the private sector in Malta and abroad. He holds an accountancy degree from the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) and is a member of the Nationalist Party (PN). He replaces the Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou, who is set to become the Commissioner for Education and Culture.

In his mission letter, Jose Manuel Barroso asked Dalli "to continue to ensure the safety of our food chain, safeguarding the EU against animal disease". Dalli will be responsible for the pharmaceutical portfolio (previously this was a responsibility of directorate-general enterprise and industry) and for the coordination of the member states reactions to human and animal pandemics, such as for instance the reaction to the new H1N1 Influenza.

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