# Muscat's chief of staff Keith Schembri resigns amid murder probe

Date: 2019

On 26 November 2019 [Keith Schembri](/people/keith-schembri) resigned as chief of staff to Prime Minister [Joseph Muscat](/people/joseph-muscat) after reports linked him to Yorgen Fenech, the businessman later charged over the murder of [Daphne Caruana Galizia](/people/daphne-caruana-galizia); minister [Konrad Mizzi](/people/konrad-mizzi) resigned the same day.

## People

- Joseph Muscat: https://factrail.ai/people/joseph-muscat

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/18/eu-parliament-calls-on-malta-pm-joseph-muscat-to-resign-over-daphne-caruana-galizias-case

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/schembri-resigns-muscat-chief-of-staff-2019-11-26