Angelo Farrugia

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name =Angelo Farrugia (Anglu)


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birth_date =Birth date and age|1955|12|29|mf=y
birth_place =Mosta, Malta
residence = Mosta, Malta
order=Deputy Leader of the Malta Labour Party
term_start =13 June 2008
term_end =
predecessor =Charles Mangion
successor =
order2 = Member of Parliament
term_start2 = 27 October 1996
term_end2 =
predecessor2 =
successor2=
party = MLP
religion = Roman Catholic
spouse = Carmen née Zammit
children = Caroline
residence = Mosta
profession = Advocate


website = [http://www.anglufarrugia.com/ www.anglufarrugia.com]
[http://www.mlp.org.mt/ www.mlp.org.mt]
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Angelo "Anġlu" Farrugia (born 29 December 1955) is a Maltese politician, Deputy Leader of the Malta Labour Party, a Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for work, workers' rights and parliamentary affairs.

Family

Farrugia was born in Mosta and is married to Carmen née Zammit and they have a daughter, Caroline, also a lawyer.

Political life

Farrugia was first elected to Parliament in 1996. He was subsequently elected in 1998, 2003 and 2008. He served on the House Committee of the Consideration of Bills as Chairman (1996-98) and as member (since 1998).

Since 1998 Farriguia has served as Shadow Minister for Justice and in 2008 was elected Labour's Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Affairs.

Activities in international organisations

Farrugia was appointed as Head of Malta's OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation in 1996.

He has since served on a numbr 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.