Owen Bonnici
Owen Bonnici is the current Maltese Parliamentary Secretary for Justice.
Political Career
Bonnici was first elected to Parliament in 2008 from the third electoral district, which is made up of the residents of the towns of Fgura, Marsascala and Zejtun. After serving as Opposition Spokesperson for Youth and Culture and subsequently for Higher Education, University, Research and Culture, he was elected with a large majority in the 2013 general election. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat appointed him Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Justice.
Prior to his election to Parliament he served on the Local Council of Marsascala for five years, first as a Councillor and then as Deputy Mayor, and as an elected member of the Labour Executive Council (2004-2008). He also participated in a number of conferences and seminars on a European Union level, particularly on the issues of Culture and the Environment, and was elected, at the age of 23, by the Labour Party General Conference to contest the very first Euro-Parliamentary elections upon Malta's membership into the European Union.
Education
Bonnici is an advocate by profession. He furthered his studies by obtaining a diploma in Canonical Jurisprudence (2005) from the Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Tribunal. He is also a Teaching Associate within the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta.
