Buttigieg, Albert

About the MP

Albert Buttigieg is 61 years old. He has worked in various social, religious, educational, and managerial fields. For 20 years he was a Capuchin friar, and for 13 of those years he served as a priest with various responsibilities, including work with youth, in parishes, as a missionary in Kenya and Tanzania, and work within the Corradino Correctional Facility.

Albert served as a director at Sedqa Agency in the prevention sector, was Chief Executive of the Housing Authority, an administrator at Caritas, and worked with the Equal Partners Foundation (supporting children with special needs).

He writes regularly for Times of Malta, Il-Mument, and Newsbook, and presents a social program on F Living. He was a Nationalist Party councillor in the St Julian’s Local Council, where he served as Deputy Mayor and at a later stage as Mayor of St Julian’s.

Currently, he is a Member of Parliament representing the Nationalist Party and Shadow Minister for Child Protection and Neurodiversity.

He graduated in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Malta, and in Education and Educational/Social Sciences from the Salesian University of Rome. He is married to Benna Chase and they have a son named Adam. He also has a stepdaughter named Karen. His hobbies include gardening, classical music, travelling, and cooking.