Sandra Gauci
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Sandra Gauci | |
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.jpg) Sandra Gauci speaking at European Greens at EuroPride in Malta, 2023 | |
| Chairperson of AD+PD | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2023 | |
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| Preceded by | Carmel Cacopardo |
| Deputy Chairperson of AD+PD | |
| In office 28 May 2022 – 27 May 2023 Serving with Mario Mallia | |
| Leader | Carmel Cacopardo |
| Local Councillor for St Paul's Bay with the AD+PD | |
| Assumed office 25 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1979 |
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| Children | 2 |
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Sandra Gauci (born 20 January 1979) is a Maltese politician, teacher and internet personality. She originally rose to prominence as an internet comedian with her satirical Facebook show ABS News. She later joined AD+PD and was elected as the party's second chairperson in 2023.
In the 2024 Maltese local elections she was elected as a local councillor for San Pawl il-Baħar.[2]
Sandra Gauci comes from a working-class family of Labour supporters.[3]
Gauci attended the University of Siena on a scholarship on teaching Italian through film.[4]
Teaching career
Gauci has been an Italian teacher in public schools for over 21 years. In February 2020, she claimed censorship after she was ordered by her employer to remove a video critical of PN MP Kristy Debono and teachers' working conditions. Gauci's employer, Kulleġġ San Ġorġ Preca, further gave her an admonishment warning.[5] Gauci was supported by then-Minister for Education Owen Bonnici who spoke to her school's principal to invalidate the admonishment warning.[6]