Vincent A. De Gaetano Malta Section President
Born on 17 August 1952 in Sliema, Malta
Diploma of Notary Public, Royal University of Malta, 1974
Doctor of Laws, Royal University of Malta, 1975
Member of the Malta Bar, 1976
Diploma in Criminology, University of Cambridge, 1977
Senior Counsel for the Republic in the Attorney-General’s Office, Malta, 1979
Member of the ad hoc Committee of Experts on the Legal Aspects of Territorial Asylum, Refugees and Stateless Persons of the Council of Europe, 1988-1994
Malta’s representative on the Steering Committee on Legal Co-operation of the Council of Europe as from 1988, Vice-Chairman then Chairman, 1988-2000
Assistant Attorney-General, 1988 then Deputy Attorney-General, 1989-1994
Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure, University of Malta, 1994
Judge of the Superior Courts of Malta, 1994
Chairman of the Multidisciplinary Group on Corruption of the Council of Europe, 1995-1997
Chief Justice and President of the Constitutional Court, of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of Criminal Appeal of Malta, 2002-2010
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 20 September 2010
Vice-President of Section from 3 November 2015 to 31 August 2018
President of Section since 1 September 2018.