Born
in Malta on 1st January 1980, Hon. Dr Aaron Farrugia served as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Malta Freeport Corporation, the regulatory and
licensing authority of the Malta Freeport from 2013 until 2017. He worked as a statistician with Malta's
National Statistics Office; as a European Union (EU) funds manager within the
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs; and as a national delegation advisor of
the Maltese delegation in the Committee of the Regions.
Aaron
studied law, economics, and European studies at the University of Malta. He attained a doctorate in law in 2013. Aaron is a visiting lecturer in the Public
Policy Department of the University of Malta, where he teaches politics,
policy-making, and governance.
Aaron
is an alumnus of the U.S. International Visitor Leadership Programme
(IVLP,2012), and was selected as a 40under40 European Young Leader (Friends of
Europe, 2017). An influential member of
the Maltese Labour Party, Aaron served as chair of the Labour Youth Forum,
member of the party administration and of the National Executive Committee, and
Education Secretary and Chairman of the think thank IDEAT. He also served as Deputy Mayor of Ta' Xbiex
between 2004 and 2008.
In
June 2017, Aaron was elected to the Maltese parliament, and appointed
Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds and Social Dialogue within the Ministry
for European Affairs and Equality. Aaron
is married to Charmaine, nee' Micallef, and they have two daughters, Petra and
Angelica.