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.
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.
Lawrence Gonzi,is a Maltese politician,retired Nationalist politician and lawyer,who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime Minister of Malta from 2004 to 2013,and leader of the Nationalist Party. He also served as speaker of the House from 1988 to 1996,and Minister of Social Policy from 1998 to 2004,as well as Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2004. He served in practically all positions in Parliament,being also Leader of the House,an MP and Leader of the Opposition.
John Attard Montalto is a Maltese politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. He is a member of the Labour Party,which is part of the Party of European Socialists. He served in the government of Malta as Minister for Industry and Economic Affairs from 1996 to 1998.
Simon Busuttil is the Secretary General of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Formerly,he was Leader of the Opposition. and Leader of the Nationalist Party in Malta and a Member of the European Parliament for Malta.
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.
David Gregory Pisoni is a South Australian politician. He has been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly since 2006,representing the electorate of Unley for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Pisoni served as the Minister for Industry and Skills in the Marshall Ministry between March 2018 and March 2022.
Agostino Pio "Austin" Gatt is a former Maltese politician,who served in a number of ministerial posts.
Simon Gerard Kirby,also known as Simon Radford-Kirby,is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in 2010. In 2016,he was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister. He lost his seat at the 2017 general election.
Tonio Fenech is a Maltese politician who served in the government of Malta as Minister of Finance,Economy and Investment from March 2008 to March 2013,and was a member of the Parliament of Malta from 2003 to 2017.
Joseph Yieleh Chireh is a Ghanaian pharmacist,barrister,diplomat and politician. He is the a former Member for Parliament for Wa West. He served in the 4th,5th,6th and 7th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is also a Member of the Pan-African Parliament.
The Parliament of Malta is the constitutional legislative body in Malta,located in Valletta. The parliament is unicameral,with a democratically elected House of Representatives and the president of Malta. By constitutional law,all government ministers,including the prime minister,must be members of the House of Representatives.
General elections were held in Malta on Saturday,3 June 2017 to elect all members of the House of Representatives. The elections were contested by the Labour Party,led by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat,the Nationalist Party,led by opposition leader Simon Busuttil,and four other parties,making it the elections with most parties participating since 1962.
Konrad Mizzi is a Maltese politician and served as a Member of Parliament until 2022. He served as Minister for Energy and the Conservation of Water between 2013 and 2014,Minister for Energy and Health from 2014 until 2016,and as a Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister in April 2016.
Roderick Galdes is a Maltese politician elected in the Maltese Parliament,on behalf of the Labour Party,since 2004. He is currently a member of the Cabinet of Ministers serving as Minister of Social Accommodation.
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.
Silvio Parnis was a Maltese politician of the Labour Party. Parnis served in the Parliament of Malta from 1998 to 2022.
Marlene Farrugia is a Maltese former Member of Parliament and former leader of the Democratic Party. Previously she had been a member of the Nationalist Party,with whom she contested the General Elections in 1996 and 1998,and the Labour Party,with whom she was elected in 2008 and 2013,before resigning in 2015. She formed the Democratic Party in 2016,but left it in 2019.
Bernice Adiku Heloo is a Ghanaian politician and was the former Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency.
Rosianne Cutajar is a Maltese politician who is formerly a member of the Labour Party. She is a member of the Parliament of Malta representing the Sixth District electoral division. Cutajar was Parliamentary Secretary for Civil Rights and Reforms within the Ministry for Justice,Equality and Governance. As a junior minister within Prime Minister Robert Abela’s government,she was responsible for Malta’s equality and civil rights policy and its implementation,together with the country’s legislative reforms across various sectors of government. Cutajar resigned from her position as parliamentary secretary in February 2021 after calls for her resignation due to links with murder suspect Yorgen Fenech.
