Alicia Bugeja Said
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Alicia Bugeja Said | |
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 Alicia Bugeja Said at the informal meeting of Fisheries Ministers in March 2024. | |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Welfare | |
| Assumed office 14 April 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Abela |
| Preceded by | Clint Camilleri |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 12 April 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alicia Said 8 October 1987 Mġarr, Malta |
| Party | Partit Laburista |
| Spouse | Malcolm Bugeja |
| Children | 1 |
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Alicia Bugeja Said MP (born 8 October 1987 in Mgarr) is a Maltese politician and fishing researcher from the Labour Party.
Bugeja Said was born into a working-class family of farmers and fishermen in Malta.[1][2][non-primary source needed] After finishing her tertiary education in Malta, she obtained her Doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom in 2016.[3] Successively, in 2017 she pursued a post-doctoral position at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, and in 2019 she moved to Brest in France to conduct further research with IFREMER. She has published a number of academic articles and edited a few books, and participated in various conferences worldwide.
Political career
She was elected to the Parliament of Malta in the 2022 Maltese general election under the gender quota.[4] She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Rights in the Maltese Government.[5]
Controversies
Bugeja Said faced scrutiny for receiving donations from Malta's top fish farm operators during her 2022 electoral campaign, while in her position as director of the fisheries department.[6] She responded that she has "no conflict of interest".[7]
In July 2023, Alicia Bugeja Said was reported by Arnold Cassola to the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life over a breach of ethics. Bugeja Said had advertised a Swimming with Tuna event hosted by the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Welfare for their employees, using her personal name and logo.[8] In September, The Commissioner found her to be in breach of ethics and ordered Bugeja Said to submit a written apology.[9][10]
