ECB’s Scicluna to Resume Exercising Duties of Central Bank of Malta Governor

29 July 2025

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Central Bank of Malta (CBM) Governor Edward Scicluna will resume exercising his duties as governor after a year's absence, the Maltese government said Tuesday in a statement.

Scicluna had announced one year ago that he was temporarily leaving his position at the head of the CBM to defend himself from charges of corruption. At the time, he designated Deputy Governor Alexander Demarco to act as governor and represent the CBM at Governing Council meetings of the ECB.

‘Professor Edward Scicluna will resume his duties as Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank following a formal request made to Prime Minister Robert Abela and Minister for Finance Clyde Caruana’, the government statement said.

Abela had ‘consulted with the European Central Bank which, as an independent institution, found no objection to Professor Scicluna's request’, according to the statement.

‘The Cabinet of Ministers wishes Professor Edward Scicluna well in continuing to perform his service with loyalty and commitment, as he has always done in every position he has been entrusted with in the interest of the country’, the statement said.

Scicluna will presumably attend the next monetary policy meeting of the ECB on 11 September.