Godfrey farrugia biography

Democratic Party MP Godfrey Farrugia appointed secretary-general in reshuffle

Democratic Party MP Godfrey Farrugia has been appointed secretary-general for the party.

The party said in a Facebook post that Farrugia would be taking over from Lee Bugeja Bartolo, while Marcus Lauri will be appointed public relations officer.

PD said the change had come about "in a recent reshuffle of responsibilities" within the party.

The party thanked outgoing secretary-general Lee Bugeja Bartolo, who they said would remain on the PD executive council, and outgoing PRO Rosa Borg.

In a separate Facebook post, PD leader Anthony Buttigieg explained the changes, saying that Bugeja Bartolo holds down a full-time job and felt that due to work, the role was growing beyond him. “Godfrey is a full time politician with immense experience. He just as graciously offered to use that experience to take up the role.”

Former Labour Whip Godfrey Farrugia joined the PD in 2017, shortly after resigning from the Labour Party. He had previously served as health minister.

Godfrey Farrugia

Maltese politician and family doctor

Godfrey Farrugia

Godfrey Farrugia in 2016

In office
October 13, 2018 – September 22, 2019
Preceded byAnthony Buttigieg
Succeeded byTimothy Alden
In office
13 March 2013 – 20 February 2022
In office
March 13, 2013 – March 29, 2014
Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat
Preceded byJoe Cassar
Succeeded byChris Fearne
In office
January 8, 2015 – April 29, 2017
Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat
BornMay 4, 1960
Żebbuġ, Crown Colony of Malta
Political partyLabour Party (until 2017)
Democratic Party (2017–2019)
Independent (Since 2019)
Domestic partnerMarlene Farrugia
ProfessionPolitician, political leader, family doctor

Godfrey Farrugia (born May 4, 1960, in Żebbuġ), is a Maltese retired politician, a family doctor, who served as member of the Maltese parliament from 2013 to 2022. He formerly served as the Minister for Health and a Government Whip, of which he resigned from both posts partially for his lack of trust with

The significance of the whip

Godfrey Farrugia

Marlene Farrugia

Many people overlook the fact that Marlene Farrugia lives with the Labour whip. Maybe it’s because they don’t know that Godfrey Farrugia is the Labour whip, or because they don’t know the significance of the whip, or even because they don’t know there is such a role and what it is that the whip is and does.

The name ‘party whip’ comes from the days in the British parliament when members of the house were ‘whipped in’ to the division lobbies for the vote at the sound of the division bell. These were literally (still are – you can visit them when next in London) separate panelled corridors for the Ayes and Noes like those used for cattle but much smarter. The vote was then tallied by the simple expedient of counting heads in the Aye and No lobbies.

In contemporary terms, the whip is the party’s enforcer in parliament, instructing members of the house how they should vote and informing them of the consequences if they do not toe the party line.

In the

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