The Malta Freeport Corporation CEO’s achievements, as he describes them himself on his ‘wapsite’
On aaronfarrugia.com:
ACHIEVEMENTS
On 11 June 2010, Aaron Farrugia was given “Ġieħ Ta` Xbiex”, the local Order of Merit, an honour conferred to those who demonstrated “exceptional merit in the service of the town of Ta` Xbiex”. Ġieħ Ta Xbiex is a public tribute to those who distinguish themselves and whose achievements enrich the well-being of the city.
In June 2011, Farrugia was nominated by Germany’s Ambassador to Malta, H.E. Mr. Bernd Braun to attend a transatlantic conference in Pristina Kosovo initiated by Atlantik-Bruecke and the German Foreign Office. Since then, he has become an Atlantic Forum Young Leader Alumnus.
Aaron Farrugia is a United States of America`s [Visitor Leadership Program]`s alumnus (2012). The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State Office of International Visitors in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Ambassadors rate the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) as the most effective foreign policy tool of American diplomacy. Among the prestigious IVLP alumni are more than 1,500 cabinet ministers and 200 current and former heads of state. Alumni include: President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of The United Kingdom, President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia, President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, Prime Minister Tony Blair of The United Kingdom, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Zimbabwean premier Morgan Tsvangirai and President F.W. deKlerk of South Africa
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Aaron Farrugia is a United States of America`s [Visitor Leadership Program]`s alumnus (2012)
What in the name of god? He must have friends in incredibly high places.
His friend’s now PM. There really wasn’t much competition, anyway. He had only the other Elves to compete against.
Joseph Muscat wasn’t prime minister in 2012. There would have been competition against PN “yoof” hangers-on at the time. And yet this turd gets selected. On what basis?
He didn’t compete against the PN yoof. He competed against Labour trolls and Elves. Being the Elve in Chief helped.
His friend wasn’t PM then but he was PM in waiting. The big question isn’t “why Aaron”? It’s why did Joseph have to keep him sweet?
So the US Department of State selected candidate only from among Labour activists? I don’t think so. They asked a Maltese selection board for nominees and the Maltese, true to form, chose this subliterate twit.
Goes to show eh. It’s not about political allegiance, it’s about knowing people.
I didn’t say the US department selected him. I said he only had to compete against Labour trolls and elves. Anyone else didn’t stand a chance.
Add to that, all people who know how to spell “elf”.
Elve Aaron seems to think he’s on a par with Presidents and Prime Ministers simply because he was picked out of a mediocre pool as the official representative of the MLP youth section.
Zimbabwean premier Morgan Tsvangirai, indeed. I don’t see any Gieh Ta’ Xbiex here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Tsvangirai
The elve from Ta’ Xbiex City.
Achievements that would impress elves.
I see nothing of effective experience in his achievements which can assure me as relevant to a CEO of such an important Corporation in our island. Can someone give us more on his working experience, particularly in similar post?
Talking about a post of CEO at Malta Freeport: was there any call for this post to the general public? how was he selected?
If not, then what on earth is happening in this country which is “Taghna lkoll”?
I wonder what the Chief Leader of the Elves, Gandalf Privitera, will be getting for his iced bun.
[Daphne – Privitera is no elf. He writes using his own name and identity.]
And as we are at it, Gandalf was a wizard and not an Elf, so please.
Writes?
He only uses pointless capital words and a thousand exclamations to express a very biased and ridiculous point. I hope that is not considered writing.
You are perfectly right, Daphne. However I am sure that he was the ‘brain’ behind Sant’s Elves and that they sought his ‘political insights’. I stand to be corrected, but Privitera came out in defence of the Elves way back in 2008
Tifel bravu u kapaci!
OMG. Have we seen his Form 2c report?
We have a very apt word in Maltese… ‘Puppant’.
As far as I know, orders of merit have to be created in terms of the Gieh ir-Repubblika Act (Cap.251). How does Gieh Ta’ Xbiex feature in this context?
I am leaning about this person from what he has written about himself. He seems to have been an active student, but does that limited experience make him experienced and qualified enough to run this huge enterprise in shipping and running a container terminal?
[Daphne – He is actually CEO of the regulator, Malta Freeport Corporation, rather than the freeport itself, which is known confusingly as Malta Freeport.]