List of prime ministers of Malta
Fourteen people have served as prime minister of Malta since the office was established in 1921. The post did not exist in the period between 1933 and 1947 and also in the period between 1958 and 1962.
- Political parties
Political Union Nationalist Party Constitutional Party Labour Party Workers Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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Joseph Howard (1862–1925) |
1921 | 26 October 1921 | 13 October 1923 | 1 year, 352 days | Political Union |
2 | ![]() |
Francesco Buhagiar (1876–1934) |
— | 13 October 1923 | 22 September 1924 | 345 days | Political Union |
3 | ![]() |
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942) |
1924 | 22 September 1924 | 1 August 1927 | 2 years, 313 days | Nationalist Party |
4 | ![]() |
Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) |
1927 | 9 August 1927 | 21 June 1932 | 4 years, 317 days | Constitutional Party |
(3) | ![]() |
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942) |
1932 | 21 June 1932 | 2 November 1933 | 1 year, 134 days | Nationalist Party |
Office Abolished (2 November 1933 – 4 November 1947) | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
Paul Boffa (1890–1962) |
1947 | 4 November 1947 | 15 October 1949 | 2 years, 326 days | Labour Party |
(5) | — | 15 October 1949 | 26 September 1950 | Workers Party | |||
6 | ![]() |
Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950) |
1950 | 26 September 1950 | 20 December 1950 | 85 days | Nationalist Party |
7 | ![]() |
Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980) |
— | 20 December 1950 | May 1951 | 4 years, 81 days | Nationalist Party |
1951 | May 1951 | December 1953 | |||||
1953 | December 1953 | 11 March 1955 | |||||
8 | ![]() |
Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) |
1955 | 11 March 1955 | 26 April 1958 | 3 years, 46 days | Labour Party |
Office Abolished (26 April 1958 – 5 March 1962) | |||||||
(7) | ![]() |
Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980) |
1962 | 5 March 1962 | March 1966 | 9 years, 108 days | Nationalist Party |
1966 | March 1966 | 21 June 1971 | |||||
(8) | ![]() |
Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) |
1971 | 21 June 1971 | 18 September 1976 | 13 years, 184 days | Labour Party |
1976 | 18 September 1976 | 12 December 1981 | |||||
1981 | 12 December 1981 | 22 December 1984 | |||||
9 | ![]() |
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (born 1933) |
— | 22 December 1984 | 12 May 1987 | 2 years, 141 days | Labour Party |
10 | ![]() |
Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) |
1987 | 12 May 1987 | 22 February 1992 | 9 years, 169 days | Nationalist Party |
1992 | 22 February 1992 | 28 October 1996 | |||||
11 | ![]() |
Alfred Sant (born 1948) |
1996 | 28 October 1996 | 6 September 1998 | 1 year, 313 days | Labour Party |
(10) | Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) |
1998 | 6 September 1998 | 12 April 2003 | 5 years, 199 days | Nationalist Party | |
2003 | 12 April 2003 | 23 March 2004 | |||||
12 | ![]() |
Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) |
— | 23 March 2004 | 10 March 2008 | 8 years, 353 days | Nationalist Party |
2008 | 10 March 2008 | 11 March 2013 | |||||
13 | ![]() |
Joseph Muscat (born 1974) |
2013 | 11 March 2013 | 3 June 2017 | 6 years, 308 days | Labour Party |
2017 | 3 June 2017 | 12 January 2020 | |||||
14 | ![]() |
Robert Abela (born 1977) |
— | 12 January 2020 | Incumbent | 2 years, 58 days | Labour Party |
See also[]
- Prime Minister of Malta
- President of Malta
- Government of Malta
- House of Representatives of Malta
Categories:
- Prime Ministers of Malta
- Lists of prime ministers by country
- Lists of government ministers of Malta