Angelo Farrugia

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Angelo (Anġlu) Farrugia was born 29. December 1955 in Mosta. He is maltese politician, lawyer and a police officer.

Biography

Angelo Farrugia is currently the Speaker at the House of Representatives of Malta. He was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, a Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Work, Workers’ Rights and Parliamentary Affairs. He serves as Chairman of the House Committee on the Consideration of Bills from 1996 to 1998. Between 1998 and 2008, Farrugia was Shadow Minister for Justice, and was elected in 2008 as the Labour Party’s Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Affairs. He was appointed as Opposition Spokesperson for Employment and Workers’ Rights the same year.

Education

He graduated in law at the University of Malta.

Special Achievements

Farrugia was appointed as Head of Malta's Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly delegation in 1996.

He has since served on a number of EU and OSCE missions as an international observer for various elections, including Georgia (1999), the Presidential Election in Palestinian Authority (2004), the 2004 US Presidential Election, the Montenegrin independence referendum (2006) and the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Zambia 2006.

He is also a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Committee on Human Rights.

Learn more

• A Lecture by President Angelo Farrugia on International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014 "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths" (Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)

• Anġlu Farrugia resigns - article.

External Links and References

Biography on ICD Advisory Board Members