Studies and personal life Farrugia obtained a B.A. with Honours in Banking & Finance at the
University of Malta in 2002 and a M.A. in European Politics, Economics and Law at the same university in 2005. He then read for a Doctorate of Laws degree. He graduated in 2017 with a doctoral thesis on direct democracy. Aaron Farrugia was a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy of the University of Malta for a number of years. He taught Politics, Political Campaigning, policy making and Governance. Aaron Farrugia has two daughters, Petra, born in 2012 and Angelica, born in 2018.
Political career During his student days Farrugia served as the Secretary General of
Pulse, a social democrat student organisation (1998-2001)and Financial Secretary of the Maltese National Youth Council (2004 and 2005). Farrugia joined the
Malta Labour Party in 2001 and served as Deputy President (2000-2001) and then as President of the
Labour Youth Forum (Forum Żgħazagħ Laburisti) between 2002–2004 and 2006–2008. In 2005 Farrugia was elected as Deputy Mayor of the
Ta’ Xbiex Local Council. In 2008 he was elected as education secretary in the new Labour Party executive, and coordinated the compilation of the 2013 party manifesto, besides founding and chairing the party think tank, Fondazzjoni Ideat, between 2009 and 2011. Farrugia was elected for the first time as a Member of Parliament in the 2017 general election, which he contested on 1st District. During his first legislature as a member of Parliament, Farrugia served as Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue and as Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning after a cabinet reshuffle in January 2020. Farrugia was elected for a second consecutive time as a Member of Parliament in 2022 and was entrusted with the Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects portfolio in Prime Minister
Robert Abela's Cabinet. Farrugia expressed support for a change towards a first past the post system, a separate list to increase the number of women in Parliament, and for higher salaries for Members of Parliament.
Memberships Farrugia is an Atlantic Forum Young Leader Alumnus (2011), a United States of America
International Visitor Leadership Program alumnus (2012) and a Friends of Europe (40 under 40) alumnus (2017). Farrugia is also a member of the Malta-United States Alumni Association (MUSAA). ==References==