Angelo "Anġlu" Farrugia is a Maltese

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 politician, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, a Member of Parliament

House of Representatives of Malta

The House of Representatives is the unicameral legislature of Malta and a component of the Parliament of Malta.The House is composed of an odd number of members elected for a five year term...

 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

Lawyer

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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).

Between 1998 and 2008 Farriguia has served as Shadow Minister for Justice

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...

 and in 2008 was elected Labour's Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Affairs. He was also appointed Opposition Spokesperson for Employment and Workers' Rights in the same year.

Activities in international organisations

Farrugia was appointed as Head of Malta's Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections...

 (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

Georgia (country)

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 (1999), the Presidential Election in Palestinian Authority (2004), the 2004 US Presidential Election

United States presidential election, 2004

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, the Montenegrin independence referendum

Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006

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 (2006) and the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

2006.

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