Julia Farrugia Portelli

Julia Farrugia Portelli is a Maltese politician, currently serving as Minister for Inclusion and Social Wellbeing.

About

She was elected from the 5th district at the 2017 general election[1] on the Labour Party ticket, and served as Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms, Citizenship and Simplification of Administrative Processes at the Office of the Prime Minister between 9 June 2017[2] and 13 January 2020. As Parliamentary Secretary she was involved with reforms including: Human Trafficking, Constitutional Reform and Equal Representation in Parliament. She served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee of the Maltese Parliament.[3]

In 2018, Portelli was awarded the ‘Impactful Politics’ Awards from JCI Malta.[4] She has successfully implemented the VOTE16 reform, where Malta is now one of two European Union Member states that have lowered their voting age to 16.[5] With the election of Robert Abela as Prime Minister of Malta, Portelli was appointed Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection on 15 January 2020.[6] Portelli is a former journalist and anchor of a number of current affairs and investigative journalism programmes. She was also the first female editor of a Maltese language newspaper, Illum.[7]

Notes
  1. "Women candidates only manage to get 11 per cent of votes". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  2. "Watch: Ministers, parliamentary secretaries take oath of office". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  3. "Public Accounts Committee". Parliament of Malta. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  4. Borg, Nicole (2018-11-10). "JCI Malta announces winners of the JCI Malta Awards | JCI Malta". www.jci.org.mt. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  5. "16-year-olds granted the vote in national elections". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  6. "Robert Abela announces Cabinet, largest in history". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  7. "MaltaToday.com.mt - Author". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2020-09-11.


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