Rebecca Buttigieg

Honourable
Rebecca Buttigieg
MP
Buttigieg (right) at EuroPride Malta 2023 with Lydia and Robert Abela
Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality
In office
14 May 2022 – 27 April 2026
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2022
Personal details
Born (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993
PartyLabour Party
Spouse
Andrea Nurchi
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(m. 2021)​
Children1
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician

Rebecca Buttigieg MP (born 2 December 1993) is a Maltese politician from the Labour Party who is currently serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality in the Maltese Government.[1] She was elected to the Parliament of Malta in the 2022 general election.[2]

Career

Buttigieg began her career at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.[3] She served as a Policy Officer at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union when Malta served as president of the Council of the European Union in 2017.[3] That year she started work as Spokesperson for the Ministry for Economy.[3]

She was elected to the Parliament of Malta in the 2022 general election.[2] In Parliament, she is a member of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee.[4] She is also the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality.[1] In this role, she has promised evaluation of cannabis reform and smoking inside and for there to be papers by the governments on euthanasia.[5] She has also supported LGBTIQ+ rights and taking a more inclusive approach for the community, which she has stated are fundamental human rights.[6][7] In addition, Buttigieg has supported looser restrictions on abortion, especially when women are experiencing complications during pregnancy, which she has stated gives prospective mothers "peace of mind".[8][9]

In January 2025, Buttigieg was named a European Young Leader by Friends of Europe.[10][11]

Personal life

Buttigieg graduated from the University of Malta with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations, and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2015 with a Master of Science degree in Global Crime, Justice and Security.[12][3]

Buttigieg and her husband, Andrea, have one daughter, born in 2024.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rebecca Buttigieg, Alicia Bugeja Said sworn in as Parliamentary Secretaries - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Rebecca Buttigieg, Alicia Bugeja Said to be sworn in as parliamentary secretaries". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Parliamentary Secretary". Parliamentary Secretariat for Reforms and Equality. Government of Malta. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "buttigieg-rebecca". Parliament of Malta. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Sansone, Kurt (15 December 2024). "[WATCH] Rebecca Buttigieg: 'We changed this country's social tapestry in just 10 years'". Malta Today. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Borg, Mario (18 May 2023). "Malta Launches Strategy And Action Plan For LGBTIQ+ Equality With 94 New Measures". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Malta enacts landmark law introducing non-binary option on birth certificates". GCN. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Magri, Giulia (26 June 2023). "New abortion amendments a 'step in the right direction': Rebecca Buttigieg". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Malta to amend strict anti-abortion laws". POLITICO. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Rebecca Buttiġieġ listed among Europe's 40 distinguished young personalities". Times of Malta. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Rebecca Buttigieg named among European Young Leaders". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Parliamentary Secretary". Commission on Domestic Violence. Government of Malta. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  13. ↑ Galea, Charlene (20 May 2025). "'A New Chapter': MP Rebecca Buttigieg Welcomes Baby Girl Valentina". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 9 April 2025.

See also

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