Member of the
Maltese Parliament
Aaron Farrugia is Malta’s
Parliamentary Secretary for European funds and Social Dialogue at the Ministry of
European Affairs and Equality. Farrugia was elected in the Parliament of Malta in June of 2017, is a
member of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, member of the Foreign
Affairs Committee and Head of the Maltese Delegation in the Parliamentary
Assembly for the Mediterranean.
Honourable Farrugia has previously
served as Deputy Mayor of Ta’ Xbiex, as Chairman of the Malta Labour Party`s
progressive think tank IDEAT, as Chairman of Labour Youth, as Education
Secretary and Member of both the Administration and the National Executive
Committee of the Malta Labour Party.
As an economist, Farrugia worked as
an Advisor to the Maltese Delegation in the Committee of the Regions and later
on as the Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Freeport Corporation. He
graduated with an Honours Degree in Finance at the University of Malta in 2002,
with a Master of Arts degree in European Politics, Economics and Law in 2005, a
Bachelor of Laws L.L.B. in 2011 and obtained a Doctor of Laws in 2013
Aaron Farrugia is a visiting lecturer
at the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy of the University of
Malta. He teaches Politics, Political Campaigning, Policies 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 by Friends
of Europe in 2017.
He is married since 2010 to Charmaine
Farrugia and they have two daughters, Petra, born in 2012 and Angelica, born in
2018.