Alex Agius Saliba (born 31 January 1988) is a Maltese politician,

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since

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for the Labour Party.

Biography

Born Alex Saliba, he studied at

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primary school and at St. Augustine's College.CV
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, and later the Labour Party youth branch, Forum Żgħażagħ Laburisti, both of which he presided till 2017. Saliba worked as a journalist for

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(the Labour party media house) from 2008 till 2013. After graduating as lawyer, in 2013-2017 he advised several Labour ministers, including

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and

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, and Parliamentary Secretary Stefan Buontempo. In 2017-2018 he headed the EU Secretariat. For 10 years, Saliba was also a member of the Labour Party's National Executive – a post to which he was elected with the largest number of votes from delegates in 2018. The same year, he was offered by Prime Minister

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to contest the

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. With 35,823 votes of preference, in May 2019 Agius Saliba was elected at the European Parliament. He served as rapporteur of the

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, a role for which

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listed him as one of the 20 MEPs to watch during 2020. In December 2021 he was elected as one of the nine vice-presidents of the S&D group. In March 2024, Saliba was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at ''

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Personal life

In 2018, Saliba married Sarah Agius, former mayor of

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. In 2023, they became parents to a baby girl. In 2024, it was reported that the couple had separated.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saliba, Alex Agius Living people MEPs for Malta 2019–2024 Labour Party (Malta) MEPs 1988 births People from Pietà, Malta People from Siġġiewi University of Malta alumni MEPs for Malta 2024–2029