| Chris Said | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Party: | Nationalist Party |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament |
| Term Start1: | 9 March 2008 |
| Birth Date: | 1970 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Nadur, Gozo, Malta |
| Spouse: | Linda Attard |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malta |
| Order2: | Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Dialogue |
| Primeminister2: | Lawrence Gonzi |
| Term Start2: | 9 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 5 January 2012 |
| Order4: | Minister of Justice, Information and Dialogue |
| Term Start4: | 6 January 2012 |
| Term End4: | 10 March 2013 |
| Primeminister4: | Lawrence Gonzi |
| Predecessor4: | Carm Mifsud Bonnici |
| Successor4: | Emmanuel Mallia |
| Order5: | Secretary General of the Nationalist Party |
| Term Start5: | 6 June 2013 |
| Term End5: | 2 June 2015 |
| Predecessor5: | Paul Borg Olivier |
| Successor5: | Rosette Thake |
Chris Said (born 10 July 1970 in Nadur, Gozo) is a Nationalist Party politician from Malta.
Said is a lawyer by profession, having graduated with a Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta.[1]
Said is married to Linda, née Attard, and has three children: Anastasia, Andrea, and Benjamin.[1]
He was a mayor of his home town, Nadur. His brothers Charles and Edward have also occupied the position.[2]
Following the 2008 Maltese general election, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Public Dialogue and Information in the Office of the Prime Minister by Lawrence Gonzi.
Chris Said resigned from his post after there were accusations of perjury on September 23, 2010.[3] Around a month later, on October 29, 2010, his name was cleared of accusations.[4]
Further to resignation of Carm Mifsud Bonnici, Said was appointed Minister for Justice, Dialogue and the Family on January 6, 2012.[2]
On June 6, 2013, he was appointed Secretary General of the Nationalist Party.[1] He did not recontest the post in June 2015, at Simon Busuttil's request, in order to focus on Gozo for the upcoming election.[5]
After the party's defeat in the 2017 Maltese general election Chris Said ran for leadership.[6] Chris Said came runner-up while Adrian Delia was confirmed Leader of the Nationalist Party.[7] Said conceded the defeat by congratulating Delia and stressing the need to unite the party.[8]
On February 3, 2018, Delia requested Said to shadow the Gozo and Constitutional Reforms portfolios.[9]
Further to the crisis within the party regarding Simon Busuttil's position further to the conclusions of the magisterial inquiry over the ownership of Egrant, Chris Said offered to mediate between the Busuttil and Adrian Delia, claiming that there should be strength in unity against corruption.[10]