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Clifford Galea was born on the 30th November 1985 and hails from Naxxar. A good hearted, young man known for his natural smile and sweet character which easily befriends others.

He followed his primary education in his hometown Naxxar, his secondary school years at Mikiel Anton Vassalli Junior College and went on to graduate from the University of Malta with a BA (Hons) degree in History, PGCE (to obtain a teaching warrant) and later with a degree at Masters level in Baroque Studues. Clifford also graduated at Diploma level in piano studies from the London College of Music and Media. Since 2009, he served Naxxar as a Councillor and Minority Leader in the locality’s council where he always elected on the first count of votes. In the 2013 local council election he was elected with the largest amount of votes ever from the Labour Party camp in Naxxar and with the second highest amount of votes overall. In that election he obtained 2,225 first count preferences.

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Amongst other initiatives, Cliff will always be remembered in Naxxar for the national Christmas event which he proposed and worked so hard for. Ir-Rahal fil-Milied which he started in 2013 was a big success in its first year with people visiting Naxxar in their thousands to attend the event which was held on the 13th December.

Clifford’s trademark is his generous and kind heartedness. During the past years he not only organized fund raising marathons on ONE Radio in aid of the Ursoline ‘Creches’ in Malta but also spent two lengthy stints carrying out missionary work in Kenya, Zambia u Tanzania and in Peru (together with the then President of Malta, Dr. George Abela).

Clifford is a house name on local media better known for his historical and cultural programmes like Min-Niċċa ‘l Barra, Teżori and Ġrajjiet Għawdex. He also regulary produced cultural and other types of radio programmes on ONE Radio. Curently he produces and presents a weekly programme on Radju Marija. On his programme Minn Kull Aspett he invites people from various strands of life and discusses with them their valuable contribution to our society. He also contributes regularly through his journalistic skills in the weekly magazine GWIDA and the local newspapers ILLUM and Torċa. Clifford was recently appointed the Administrative Curator of Casino Notabile in Mdina.