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The president of Malta, who nominally heads the executive branch, appoints as prime minister the member of parliament who, in the opinion of the president, is best able to command a majority of the members of the House of Representatives. The prime minister advises the president on the appointment of the other ministers. [3]
Top left: Joseph Howard was the first prime minister of Malta. Top right: Giorgio Borġ Olivier was the 7th prime minister and presided over Malta's achievement of independence. Bottom left: Dom Mintoff was the longest-serving prime minister in Maltese history and presided over Malta's transition to a republic.
The president may dissolve the House of Representatives of Malta acting on the request of the prime minister of Malta or following the passage of a no confidence motion in the Government. The president names the prime minister with the president making his or her decision based on the situation within the Maltese parliament.
Spiteri Debono served as president of the Malta Labour Party's women section between 1993 and 1996. [12] [13] In September 1996, she was appointed Malta's Speaker of the House of Representatives by Prime Minister Alfred Sant. [7] She was the first woman to serve in this role in Malta and was replaced by Anton Tabone in October 1998. [4] [7]
Robert Abela KUOM (born 7 December 1977) [1] is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served as prime minister of Malta and leader of the Malta Labour Party since 2020. The son of former President George Abela, he was elected to Parliament in 2017. Abela was sworn in as prime minister following the resignation of Joseph Muscat on 13 January 2020.
Joseph Muscat continued to be prime minister [10] In January 2020, he stepped down after the 2019 Malta political crisis surrounding the car bombing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. [11] Robert Abela - the son of Malta's former president George Abela - elected a new leader of Labour Party and new prime minister of Malta in ...
In the event of a vacancy, or for any reason the president is unable to perform the functions conferred upon them by the Constitution, those functions are performed by an acting president (Maltese: Aġent President) appointed by the prime minister, after consultation with the leader of the opposition. If there is no person in Malta so appointed ...
Joseph Muscat KUOM (born 22 January 1974) is a Maltese politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 [1] [2] and leader of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2020. [3] [4] Muscat was first elected Prime Minister in March 2013 with 54.83% and re-elected in June 2017 with 55.04%. [5]