The politics of Malta takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the president of Malta is the constitutional head of state. Executive authority is vested in the president of Malta,with the general direction and control of the Government of Malta remaining with the prime minister of Malta,who is the head of government and the cabinet. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Malta,which consists of the president of Malta and the unicameral House of Representatives of Malta with the speaker as the presiding officer of the legislative body. Judicial power remains with the chief justice and the judiciary of Malta. Since independence,the party electoral system has been dominated by the Christian democratic Nationalist Party and the social democratic Labour Party.
Dominic Mintoff was a Maltese socialist politician,architect,and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984,and was 8th Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958,when Malta was still a British colony,and again,following independence,from 1971 to 1984. His tenure as Prime Minister saw the creation of a comprehensive welfare state,nationalisation of large corporations,a substantial increase in the general standard of living and the establishment of the Maltese republic,but was later on marred by a stagnant economy,a rise in authoritarianism and outbreaks of political violence.
The Labour Party,formerly known as the Malta Labour Party,is one of the two major political parties in Malta,along with the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
Joseph Muscat is a Maltese politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 and leader of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2020.
General elections were held in Malta on 26 October 1996. Although the Malta Labour Party received the most votes,the Nationalist Party won the most seats. However,the Labour Party was awarded an additional four seats to ensure they had a majority in Parliament.
George Abela,is a Maltese politician who was the eighth president of Malta from April 2009 to April 2014.
Aaron Farrugia is a Maltese Partit Laburista politician and a Member of Parliament. He previously served as Minister for Transport,Infrastructure and Capital Projects and Minister for the Environment,Climate Change &Planning in Prime Minister Robert Abela’s cabinet and served as Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue in former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s cabinet.
Toni Abela is a Maltese politician who was elected as Deputy Leader of the Malta Labour Party in June 2008. A lawyer by profession,he co-drafted Malta's Whistle Blower Act,Party Financing Act and the law that removed politicians' legal protection from cases of abuse and corruption. He was nominated by the Government of Malta to serve as a member of the European Court of Auditors but this nomination was rejected. He is now a judge presiding over the First Hall of the Civil Court of Malta.
Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando is a Maltese former Member of Parliament who served as the Executive Chairman of the Malta Council for Science and Technology for 13 years - till December 2022,and is currently the Executive Chairman of the National Skills Council.
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici,was a Maltese politician who served as Prime Minister of Malta from December 1984 to May 1987.
Cyrus Engerer is a Maltese Member of European Parliament representing the Labour Party. A gay rights activist,he was the leading spokesperson for the Yes campaign at the 2011 Maltese divorce referendum. In 2021 he was tasked with negotiating the European Parliaments historic resolution on the declaration of the European Union as an LGBTQ Freedom zone,in reaction to the establishment of so called "LGBT-Free zones" in Poland. Engerer later went on to write the European Parliaments resolution which condemned the laws in Hungary which effectively banned "LGBT propaganda" in the vicinity of schools. From 2014 till 2019 Engerer was the Prime Minister's special envoy to the European Union. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in November 2020. After he joined the Labour Party the Police of Malta opened an investigation against him,leading to his father's arrest,the opening of a court case against him on spreading pornography and the arrest of his mother on election day. He himself was convicted for spreading revenge porn and received a suspended two years term imprisonment. He is the partner of Partit Laburista's Member of Parliament Randolph De Battista.
Jason Azzopardi is a Maltese politician and lawyer. He graduated as Doctor of Laws with a master's degree in financial services from the University of Malta in 1996 and that year he started practicing as a private criminal lawyer in the courts of Malta.
General elections were held in Malta on 26 March 2022 to elect all members of the House of Representatives.
Miriam Dalli is a Maltese politician of the Labour Party and former journalist who has been serving as a member of the Parliament of Malta since 2020. She was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2020.
Robert Abela 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.
Lorry Sant was a Maltese activist,trade unionist and Malta Labour Party politician who held a number of ministerial offices between 1971 and 1987. Sant was a controversial figure who had an aggressive leadership approach. In the 1980s he was involved in incidents of political violence,and he has been held responsible for violating the human rights of his employees.
General elections will be held in Malta by 2027 to elect all members of the House of Representatives. The Labour Party,which had governed Malta since 2013,won a third term in the 2022 elections under Robert Abela. Shortly after the elections,Bernard Grech was re-elected unopposed for the leader of the Nationalist Party.
Clyde Caruana is a Maltese politician within the Labour Party,since November 2020 Minister for Finance and Employment.
The Maltese Government 2022–2027 is the incumbent Government of Malta as from 30 March 2022. It is the second ministry of Prime Minister Robert Abela. The Maltese government is elected through a General Election for a five-year term. The Labour Party won a majority following a general election which was held on 26 March 2022. The cabinet and parliamentary secretaries for this legislature were initially sworn in on 30 March 2022. Abela has reshuffled his cabinet once,on 6 January 2024.
Jonathan Attard is a Maltese lawyer and politician. A former journalist,he is currently serving as Malta’s Justice and Reform of the Construction Sector Minister,since March 2022.
