Profile:
Ryan Callus was born and raised in the rural village of Siggiewi in Malta.
In May 2011, Ryan was elected Vice-President of the Youth of the European People`s Party (YEPP), being the first to be elected with 99% of valid votes cast.
Ryan has been serving as an Executive Member of the Moviment Żgħażagħ Partit Nazzjonalista (MŻPN), the youth political organisation of the Nationalist Party in Malta, since 2006, and was elected as International Secretary in 2010. In the same year, Ryan Callus was elected President of the Kumitat Sezzjonali Partit Nazzjonalista Siġġiewi, the local Nationalist Party committee in Siġġiewi.
In 2009, Ryan Callus joined the Private Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Tonio Borg, where he currently serves as a Policy Coordinator within the Ministry.
Meanwhile, Ryan held a number of voluntary positions, namely that of President of the University Engineering Student Association (UESA) within the University of Malta, Chairperson of the 2006 Malta Engineering Excellence Awards and Public Relations Officer of the Chamber of Engineers.
In 2008, Ryan Callus obtained a Master of Science in Project Management from the Lancaster University Management School in the United Kingdom. An engineer by profession, Ryan’s rather adventurous side notably led him to complete a Private Pilot Licence at the Delta Connection Academy in Florida in 2003.