Mario Vella

Mario Vella
Born	1953 Tripoli, Libya
Occupation	Philosophy, Economy, Politics

Mario Vella (born 1953) is a major Maltese philosopher, economist and political theorist. His area of specialisation in philosophy is chiefly critical analysis.

Vella was born to a Maltese family at Tripoli, Libya, and lived his boyhood within an Italian community there. He started his education at a Catholic school in Tripoli, then returned to Malta with his family and attended De La Salle College at Cottonera.

Vella studied philosophy at the University of Malta, social economy with a major in sociology at the University of London, and international economic politics at Berlin’s University of Humboldt, in former East Germany.

In Malta, after teaching Italian and sociology in public elementary schools, Vella taught political economy and social development at the University of Malta.

Vella is also a living lecturer in foreign direct investment and development at the University of Urbino, Italy. He was Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Development Corporation, and is Director of the foreign direct investment consulting services at Grant Thornton in Malta. Vella is further a member of the international faculty of the Postgraduate School of Economics and International Relations. He is politically active, serving, for some time, as President of the Labour Party in Malta.

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