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Millionaire bodybuilder to be new Malta prime minister

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Robert Abela, a 42-year old millionaire lawyer and former bodybuilder, is to become Malta's new prime minister, replacing Joseph Muscat, after a vote by the ruling Labour Party amid a political crisis over the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Abela was Muscat's legal advisor and confidante, prompting reformists to question his trustworthiness in completing the murder investigation. He beat another candidate, Chris Fearne, who had promised a clean-up.

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