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Cyrus Engerer Member of the European Parliament | |
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 Cyrus Engerer | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1981 Tas-Sliema, Malta |
| Political party | Labour Party (2011–present) Nationalist Party (2003–2011) |
| Spouse | Randolph De Battista |
| Alma mater | College of Europe University of Malta |
| Known for | Civil Rights & Environmental Activist |
| Committees | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food safety
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Constitutional Affairs Committee |
| Website | cyrusengerer.com |
Cyrus Engerer is a Maltese Member of European Parliament representing the Labour Party. A gay rights activist, he was the leading spokesperson for the Yes campaign at the 2011 Maltese divorce referendum. In 2021 he was tasked with negotiating the European Parliaments historic resolution on the declaration of the European Union as an LGBTQ Freedom zone, in reaction to the establishment of so called "LGBT-Free zones" in Poland. Engerer later went on to write the European Parliaments resolution which condemned the laws in Hungary which effectively banned "LGBT propaganda" in the vicinity of schools.[1] From 2014 till 2019 Engerer was the Prime Minister's special envoy to the European Union.[2] He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in November 2020.[3] After he joined the Labour Party the Police of Malta opened an investigation against him, leading to his father's arrest, the opening of a court case against him on spreading pornography and the arrest of his mother on election day. He himself was convicted for spreading revenge porn and received a suspended two years term imprisonment. [4] He is the partner of Partit Laburista's Member of Parliament Randolph De Battista.
- ^ "After Hungarian Official Mocks Revenge Porn Conviction, MEP Cyrus Engerer Denounces 'Spreading Of Hate'". Lovin Malta. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ "PM explains Cyrus Engerer's role in the EU". The Times of Malta. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Claire Farrugia (November 5, 2020). "Cyrus Engerer elected to replace Miriam Dalli as MEP". Times of Malta. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Outlawing revenge porn". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-02-05.