Philip Mifsud (born July 9, 1971) is a Maltese

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who is also involved in

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. Mifsud graduated as an architect from the

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in 1997. In 2000 Philip established his own practice and since then he runs an

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under the name of PMa periti. In 1999 he served as a Local Counciller in his home town Żebbuġ. He served as the Minority Leader of this locality between 1999 and 2008. Mifsud served as a member of the Maltese parliament, he was elected to the

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in the 2008 Maltese general election, for the

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. As a member of parliament, he represented the 7th electoral district, which includes

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, Mgarr,

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and Żebbuġ.Four new faces in Parliament
/ref> In March 2010 Philip was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant in the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs. Philip also served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee (Malta), Public Accounts Committee and of the National Audit Office Accounts Committee within the Maltese Parliament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mifsud, Philip 1971 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives of Malta Nationalist Party (Malta) politicians People from Pietà, Malta 21st-century Maltese architects 21st-century Maltese politicians