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Same-sex Marriage In Gibraltar
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Gibraltar since 15 December 2016. A bill for the legalisation of same-sex marriages was approved by the Parliament on 26 October 2016 and received royal assent on 1 November 2016. Gibraltar was the sixth British Overseas Territory to legalise same-sex marriage, after South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the Pitcairn Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory. Gibraltar has also recognised civil partnerships providing similar rights and responsibilities to those of marriage since 28 March 2014. Civil partnerships In January 2014, a civil partnership bill was published for community consultation and headed for introduction in the Gibraltar Parliament. On 21 March, the bill was approved by Parliament with no noticeable opposition. It was given royal assent on 25 March by Governor James Dutton, officially becoming the ''Civil Partnership Act 2014''. The law and related rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Balban
The Hon. Paul John Balban is a former Gibraltarian politician, State Registered Dietitian and former taxi driver. He was first elected to the Gibraltar Parliament at the 2011 general elections and was a Gibraltar Government Minister until 12 October 2023, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP). He is married and has three daughters. On 15 September 2023, he announced that he and fellow party MPs and Ministers, Albert Isola and Samantha Sacramento, would not stand for re-election. Biography Paul Balban is married to wife Gina and has three daughters. For many years, Balban has worked as a taxi driver in Gibraltar, and was treasurer of the Gibraltar Taxi Association Committee. He studied Nutrition & Food Science at Oxford Brookes University and also has a Postgraduate degree in Dietetics from King's College London. He later became a State Registered Dietitian, practicing at Central Clinic, in Horse Barrack Lane, Gibraltar. Political career Balban was nominated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Reyes (Gibraltarian Politician)
Edwin Joseph Reyes is a Gibraltarian politician and an MP in the Gibraltar Parliament for the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD). Reyes was first elected to parliament during the 2007 Gibraltar general election after which he served as Minister for Culture and later Housing under the cabinet of Peter Caruana. Since the GDS was put into opposition following the 2011 election, Reyes has served as Shadow Minister and spokesman for education. See also * List of Gibraltarians * Politics of Gibraltar The politics of Gibraltar takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Overseas Territory, whereby the Monarch of the United Kingdom is the constitutional head of state represented by the Governor of Gi ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes, Edwin Living people Gibraltar Social Democrats politicians Government ministers of Gibraltar Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Netto
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', US title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn Figueras
Selwyn may refer to: People and fictional characters * Selwyn (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name * Selwyn (singer), Australian R&B singer Selwyn Pretorius (born 1982) Places Australia * Selwyn, Queensland, a ghost town * Selwyn County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * Selwyn Range (Australia), a range of highlands in Queensland * Selwyn's Rock, glaciated pavement in Inman Valley, South Australia * Selwyn Snow Resort, a ski resort in New South Wales Canada * Selwyn, Ontario, a township * Selwyn Range (British Columbia), a subrange of the Canadian Rockies near Mount Robson * Selwyn Mountains, a large mountain range in Yukon and the Northwest Territories New Zealand * Selwyn District, a rural district in central Canterbury * Selwyn (New Zealand electorate), an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives * Selwyn River, a river in the Selwyn District * Selwyn, New Zealand, a settlement on the south bank of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Feetham
Daniel Anthony Feetham KC MP is a Gibraltarian lawyer and former politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) from 2013 to 2017. Political career Mr Feetham was, until he stepped down in Oct 2023, the longest serving Member of Parliament on the Opposition benches. He served as Minister for Justice from 2007-2011 and was a member of the Gibraltar Social Democrats (the GSD) a centre right political party in Gibraltar. His father Michael Feetham and brother Nigel Feetham have both been Members of Parliament but on the socialist side of the political spectrum. His father, a Trade Unionist, was a leading member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (the GSLP) and served as Minister for Trade and Industry from 1988-1996. His brother Nigel Feetham is currently a Government Minister for the GSLP having been elected for the first time in 2023 and holds both the portfolios that his father Michael (Trade and Industry) and Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isobel Ellul-Hammond
The Hon. Isobel Marie Ellul-Hammond MBE, (born 26 November 1979) is a Gibraltarian politician. She has been a Member of the Gibraltar Parliament for the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) since 2011. In 2007, she founded the Breast Cancer Awareness Charity, and also helped inaugurate the Prostate Cancer Support Group Gibraltar. She was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) at the Queen's 2011 New Year Honours for services to the community in Gibraltar Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A .... References External links Isobel Ellul-Hammondat the GSD website. Alumni of the University of Bath Alumni of the University of Leicester Gibraltar Social Democrats politicians Gibraltarian women in politics Living people Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Bossino
Damon James Bossino is a Gibraltarian barrister and Member of the Gibraltar Parliament representing the Gibraltar Social Democrats. He is married to Rosa Arrimadas from Spain with whom he has three children (One of whom has severe mental disability). Biography Damon Bossino was educated at Bayside Comprehensive School, where he was a contemporary of Fabian Picardo, the incumbent Chief Minister and leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party. He studied law in England (Kingston University) and after completing his Bar Professional Training Course at the Inns of Court School of Law, he was admitted to the Bar in 1995 (England and Gibraltar). Bossino was a candidate in the 1996 general elections by the Gibraltar National Party (GNP), at the age of 24, with many still recalling the concession speech delivered on behalf of the party the morning after the vote. He left what then became the Liberal Party before the 2000 general elections on the ground of its alliance w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar Social Democrats
The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right List of political parties in Gibraltar, political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter Caruana, from the 1996 Gibraltar general election, 1996 general election until the party's electoral defeat in the 2011 Gibraltar general election, 2011 election by the GSLP–Liberal Alliance. On 30 November 2017, the party underwent their second 2017 Gibraltar Social Democrats leadership election, leadership election as its leader, Daniel Feetham, resigned in July. As a result, 60.6% of the votes (from executives and members of the party) had gone to support rejoined GSD member, Keith Azopardi, who was a minister and Deputy Chief Minister under the first few years of Peter Caruana's run as Chief Minister. Azopardi had beaten interim leader Roy Clinton, who had gained 39.4% of the votes. History The party emerged, after the collapse of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Isola
Albert Joseph Isola (born 27 September 1963) is a Gibraltarian barrister and former politician, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP). He was a member of the Gibraltar House of Assembly as part of the Opposition between 1996 and 2000. He later became a Government Minister for Financial Services and Gaming after becoming elected to Parliament in the 2013 by-election. Isola is married and has four children. On 15 September 2023, it was announced that he and fellow party MPs and Ministers, Paul Balban and Samantha Sacramento, would not stand for re-election. Biography Albert Isola comes from a traditional family of lawyers, with businesses in Gibraltar since 1892. He studied at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, between 1973 and 1980 and studied law at Kingston University (1980–1983), before being admitted to the Bar for England and Gibraltar in 1985. Isola supported the GSLP since 1986, and was elected to the House of Assembly in 1996. He remained a Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Sacramento
Samantha Jane Sacramento is a barrister and former Gibraltar politician. She was the Minister for the Health Authority, Justice, Multiculturalism, Equality and Community Affairs in the Government of Gibraltar. Samantha Sacramento was born in Gibraltar. She attended school in Gibraltar before studying law at the University of Wales in Cardiff, where she obtained LLB and LLM degrees. She qualified as a barrister and joined the Middle Temple. Between 2001 and 2003 Sacramento worked in the legal team of the Commission for Racial Equality in Cardiff. In 2004 she returned to Gibraltar where she practised as a barrister at Attias & Levy, specialising in commercial and civil litigation. Sacramento was elected as a member of the Gibraltar Parliament for the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party in the December 2011 general election. Following the election she was appointed Minister for Social Services and Equality in the government of Fabian Picardo, becoming Gibraltar's first minister for e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Picardo
Fabian Raymond Picardo (born 18 February 1972) is a Gibraltarian politician and barrister, serving as Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party since 2011. At the 2015 and 2019 Gibraltar general elections, Picardo was re-elected to two further four-year terms. He was narrowly re-elected for a fourth term in the 2023 Gibraltar general election. Picardo attended the University of Oxford, where he studied jurisprudence. Early life and education Picardo was born on 18 February 1972 in Gibraltar and grew up in the Upper Town area. He has said that the area where he grew up "always made me think about the huge potential that the bay of Gibraltar could have as long as we were able to work together with our Spanish neighbours." His father was a clerical worker for the Ministry of Defence on Gibraltar, and his mother was a personal assistant to Joshua Hassan, the founder of Hassans law firm and a Chief Minister of Gibraltar. Picardo has said th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
