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Claudette Buttigieg is a Maltese member of parliament and Deputy Speaker. She is a former TV presenter and former singer.

Personal Life and Eurovision Song Contest

Born in Naxxar, she won the Malta Song For Europe festival in January 2000, with the song Desire. She toured Germany, Australia and Sweden, the host nation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 before the main event where her entry Desire finished in eighth place. The song was subsequently chosen as the official song for UK's 2001 gay pride. She was the only television presenter that worked with the main three Maltese television networks, being One TV, NET TV and TVM. She was acquitted from continuing her career as presenter on National TV due to her entering politics.

Political career

She was elected in the Maltese parliament in 2013 from the 8th district as a member of the Nationalist Party and was a shadow minister for health.
She was re-elected in the 2017 general election and appointed Deputy Speaker.

Discography

Singles