Chris Said (born July 10, 1970) is a Nationalist Party politician from

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Personal life

Said was born in

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, Gozo. He is a lawyer by profession, having graduated with a Doctor of Laws from the

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. Said is married to Linda, née Attard, and has three children: Anastasia, Andrea, and Benjamin.

Politics

He was a mayor of his home town, Nadur. His brothers Charles and Edward have also occupied the position. Following the 2008 Maltese general election, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Public Dialogue and Information in the Office of the Prime Minister by

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. Chris Said resigned from his post after there were accusations of perjury on September 23, 2010. Around a month later, on October 29, 2010, his name was cleared from accusations. Further to resignation of Carm Mifsud Bonnici, Said was appointed Minister for Justice, Dialogue and the Family on January 6, 2012. On June 6, 2013, he was appointed Secretary General of the Nationalist Party. He did not recontest the post in June 2015, at

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's request, in order to focus on Gozo for the upcoming election. After the party's defeat in the

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Chris Said ran for Leadership. Chris said came runner-up while

Adrian Delia Adrian Delia, (born 8 August 1969, in Sliema, Malta) is a Maltese politician, and lawyer by profession. He is the former leader of the Nationalist Party from September 2017 till October 2020. Early life Adrian Delia grew up in Birkirkara. H ...

was confirmed Leader of the Nationalist Party. Said conceded the defeat by congratulating Delia and stressing the need to unite the party. On February 3, 2018, Delia requested Said to shadow the Gozo and Constitutional Reforms portfolios. Further to the crisis within the party regarding

's position further to the conclusions of the magisterial inquiry over the ownership of Egrant, Chris Said offered to mediate between the Busuttil and

, claiming that there should be strength in unity against corruption.

References

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