Samantha Pace Gasan appointed Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
Samantha Pace Gasan replaces Oliver Scicluna as Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
20 January 2021, 3:25pm
by Nicole Meilak
Samantha Pace Gasan has been appointed Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities following consultation between Prime Minister Robert Abela and Inclusion Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli.
She is the second person to hold the role after her predecessor Oliver Scicluna was co-opted into parliament earlier this week.
Pace Gasan was a member of the National Youth Council and Malta Girl Guides. As a member of the youth council she worked on and presented a sexual health report, which recommended that the legal age of marriage be raised from 16 to 18. As a member of the Malta Girl Guides, she worked in several committees, including diversity and promotion of minority rights.