Charles J. Farrugia is Malta's National Archivist. A Commonwealth Scholar, Dr Farrugia holds an Honours Degree and a Masters Degree in history from the University of Malta, a Post Graduate Diploma in Records Management from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, and a MA in Archives and Records Management from University College London.

In 2014 he was honoured with the Award for Excellence in Archives and Records Management by the Malta Library and Information Association. Farrugia finalized his doctoral studies at the University of Aberystwyth and graduated in 2017. He is also a member of the Society of Archivists of the U.K. He published extensively on archival themes and local history, winning twice categories from the Premju Letterarju - Malta. In 2006 he published the history of the Maltese archives and in 2008 edited a collection of 27 essays on archival themes. Dr Farrugia represents Malta on the European Archives Expert Group and the European Board of National Archivists.

Farrugia is a Lecturer in archives and records management at the University of Malta, where he was the founder of the archives and records management programmes in 2005. During the same year he drafted the National Archives of Malta Act and steered a reform in the sector, separating archives from libraries and the setting of a new National Archives Agency. He was also the host and organiser of the 41st International Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA) held in Malta in November 2009.

He has served for two terms as Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM) and currently chairs the European Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (EURBICA). During his professional and academic career Charles had delivered lectures on archival themes in a number of foreign institutions including the Central European University, Budapest, the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa and the University of Parma, italy, the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and also addressed archival events in Romania, Georgia and Washington D.C.