Beppe Galea

Beppe Galea
Member of the Maltese Parliament
for Thirteenth District, Gozo
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 June 2026
Personal details
Born (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996
Gozo, Malta
PartyNationalist Party
EducationUniversity of Malta
OccupationPolitician

Beppe Galea is a Maltese politician from Gozo. During the 2026 general election he was elected to the Maltese House of Representatives to serve in its fifteenth legislature. He took the oath of allegiance on 20 June 2026 and now serves as Shadow Minister for the Voluntary Sector for the Nationalist Party and is a member of the Gozo Affairs Committe..[1][2]

He is also International Secretary of the Nationalist Party. Before that he spent several years in student and European politics, leading the EPP student associations, European Democrat Students, from 2021 to 2024.[3]

Early life and education

Galea was born and raised on the island of Gozo. He attended the University of Malta, first graduating from a degree in European Studies and later in a master’s in Strategic Management and Digital Marketing.[4]

Galea started out in journalism, working at Newsbook Malta, one of the most visitar online news portal in Malta.[5] For a while he also looked after digital communications for the Nationalist Party.[6]

Political career

Youth politics

Galea joined the Nationalist Party student wing Moviment Żgħażagħ Partit Nazzjonalista (MŻPN) back in 2012. He very soon became Gozo Coordinator at first and later served International Officer between 2015 and 2017.[7] At the end of his student activism time he also became Deputy Secretary General of the National Youth Council of Malta.[8]

After his first years attending European Democrat Students events he became Vice-Chairman of the organisation during the 2017 Summer University hosted in Varna, Bulgaria. Two years later, during the 2019 Summer University hosted in Bucharest, he was appointed Secretary General. He was only the second Maltese person to hold that post, after Roberta Metsola.[9]

At the end of his tenure as Secretary General, the EDS Council decided to promote him and on 17 July 2021 he became the first Maltese Chairman of EDS.[10][11] He stayed on the job until 3 August 2024 when he was succeeded by the Italian Francesco Sismondini from the student organization Studicentro.[12][13]

National politics

After his success in the EPP student branch, the Nationalist Party appointed Galea as its International Secretary in July 2023[14]. He continues to be the party International Secretary after being confirmed in January 2026 amid a change of leadership[15]

In December 2024 the party put him forward as a candidate for the 13th District in Gozo for the 2026 General Election, when he eventually was elected to his first term in Parliament.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ "Eight new faces in parliament so far". Times of Malta. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Beppe Galea". Partit Nazzjonalista. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Maltese man elected chairman of EPP youth wing". Times of Malta. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Beppe Galea - Local Assistant To MEP David Casa at European Parliament". The Org. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Beppe Galea". Newsbook. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Cde (17 July 2021). "Beppe Galea elected President of European Democrat Students". The Dispatch. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Beppe Galea elected President of European Democrat Students". CDE News. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "KNZ elects new Executive Committee during Annual General Meeting". Gozo News. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Roberta – Roberta Metsola". Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Beppe Galea elected chairman of European Democrat Students - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Malta, Times of (18 July 2021). "Maltese man elected chairman of EPP youth wing". Times of Malta. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Brussels Playbook: Olympic joy eclipses France's political drama". Politico. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "New Winds of Optimism: EDS Summer University 2024 Embraces AI and Celebrates Milestones in Malta". European Democrat Students. 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  14. ↑ Malta, Times of (13 July 2023). "Michael Piccinino confirmed as PN general secretary". Times of Malta. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "PN appoints new party officials following executive committee elections". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Beppe Galea". Parliament of Malta. 4 June 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Beppe Galea - Prijorità Għawdex". beppegalea.mt. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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