List of prime ministers of Malta
Appearance
Thirteen 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.
Prime Minister | Term of Office | Political Party | |||||
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# | Portrait | Name | # | Election | Took Office | Left Office | |
1 | File:Joseph-howard-prime-minister.jpg | Joseph Howard | 1921 | 26 October 1921 | 13 October 1923 | Political Union | |
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Francesco Buhagiar | — | 13 October 1923 | 22 September 1924 | Political Union | |
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 | File:Malta-Mifsud.jpg | Ugo Pasquale Mifsud | 1st | 1924 | September 1924 | August 1927 | Nationalist Party |
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Gerald Strickland | 1927 | August 1927 | 21 June 1932 | Constitutional Party | |
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"|(3) | File:Malta-Mifsud.jpg | Ugo Pasquale Mifsud | 2nd | 1932 | 21 June 1932 | 2 November 1933 | Nationalist Party |
Office Abolished (2 November 1933 - 4 November 1947) | |||||||
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2|5 | Paul Boffa | 1947 | 4 November 1947 | 15 October 1949 | Labour Party | ||
— | 15 October 1949 | 26 September 1950 | Workers Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 | Enrico Mizzi | 1950 | 26 September 1950 | 20 December 1950 | Nationalist Party | ||
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=3| 7 | ![]() |
Giorgio Borg Olivier | 1st | — | 20 December 1950 | May 1951 | Nationalist Party |
2nd | 1951 | May 1951 | 1953 | ||||
3rd | 1953 | 1953 | 11 March 1955 | ||||
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 | Dom Mintoff | 1st | 1955 | 11 March 1955 | 26 April 1958 | Labour Party | |
Office Abolished (26 April 1958 - 5 March 1962) | |||||||
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2|(7) | ![]() |
Giorgio Borg Olivier | 4th | 1962 | 5 March 1962 | March 1966 | Nationalist Party |
5th | 1966 | March 1966 | 21 June 1971 | ||||
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=3|(8) | Dom Mintoff | 2nd | 1971 | 21 June 1971 | 18 September 1976 | Labour Party | |
3rd | 1976 | 18 September 1976 | 12 December 1981 | ||||
4th | 1981 | 12 December 1981 | 22 December 1984 | ||||
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 | ![]() |
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici | — | 22 December 1984 | 12 May 1987 | Labour Party | |
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2|10 | ![]() |
Eddie Fenech Adami | 1st | 1987 | 12 May 1987 | 22 February 1992 | Nationalist Party |
2nd | 1992 | 22 February 1992 | 28 October 1996 | ||||
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 | Alfred Sant | 1996 | 28 October 1996 | 6 September 1998 | Labour Party | ||
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2|(10) | ![]() |
Eddie Fenech Adami | 3rd | 1998 | 6 September 1998 | 12 April 2003 | Nationalist Party |
4th | 2003 | 12 April 2003 | 23 March 2004 | ||||
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan=2| 12 | ![]() |
Lawrence Gonzi | 1st | — | 23 March 2004 | 10 March 2008 | Nationalist Party |
2nd | 2008 | 10 March 2008 | 11 March 2013 | ||||
style="background:Template:Labour Party (Malta)/meta/color; color:white;"| 13 | File:Joseph Muscat portrait.jpg | Joseph Muscat | 2013 | 11 March 2013 | Incumbent | Labour Party |