Simon Busuttil is a Maltese politician

Politics of Malta

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 and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. He is a member of the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party (Malta)

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, a member of the bureau of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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, and sits on the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Budgets.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a substitute for the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013, vice-chair of the delegation for relations with the Maghreb

Maghreb

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 countries and the Arab Maghreb Union

Arab Maghreb Union

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 (including Libya

Libya

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), and a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Education

• 1993: Doctor of Laws, University of Malta
  University of Malta
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• 1994: MA in European Studies, University of Sussex
  University of Sussex
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  , UK
• 1995: Magister Juris in International Law, University of Malta

Career

• Partner in a local law firm (1994- )
• EU adviser to:
  • 1996: the Minister of the Environment
  • 1998: the Minister of Education
  • 2003-2004: the Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1999-2003: Head, Malta-EU Information Centre (MIC)
• 1999-2003: Member of the Core Negotiating Group, Malta
  Malta
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  -EU
• 1999-2004: Member of the Malta-EU Steering and Action Committee
• 1989-1991: President of the Christian Democrat Students (SDM)
• 1991-1992: Student Representative on the Senate of the University of Malta
• 1992: International Secretary of the National Youth Council (Malta)
• 1997-1999: Secretary-General of the European Movement (Malta)
• Chairman of the Airport Shopping Association (1998- )

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