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List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Malta

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Twenty nine people have served as speaker of the House of Representatives 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

Speaker Term of office Political party
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
No. Took office Left office
1 Edgar Arrigo
(1870–1937)
October 1921 July 1923 Political Union
2 Salvatore Borg Olivier
(1880–1937)
July 1923 June 1927 Nationalist Party
3 Robert Hamilton
(1894–1945)
June 1927 July 1929 Constitutional Party
4 Anthony Montanaro Gauci
(1898–1997)
August 1929 April 1930 Constitutional Party
5 Giuseppe Degiorgio
(1892–1948)
October 1932 November 1933 Nationalist Party
Office abolished (November 1933 – November 1947)
6 Ġużè Cassar
(1918–2001)
November 1947 April 1948 Labour Party
7 Peter Paul Debono
(1890–1958)
April 1948 June 1950 Labour Party
8 Tommaso Caruana Demajo
(1910–1973)
October 1950 October 1952 Nationalist Party
9 Anthony Pullicino
(–)
October 1952 January 1953 Nationalist Party
10 Joseph Cassar Galea
(1920–1989)[1]
January 1953 March 1953 Nationalist Party
11 Edwin Busuttil
(1923–2009)
March 1953 October 1953 Constitutional Party
12 Joseph M. Camilleri
(–)
December 1953 December 1954 Nationalist Party
13 Joseph Flores
(1907–1974)
March 1955 December 1955 Labour Party
14 Nestu Laiviera
(1908–1984)
December 1955 April 1958 Labour Party
Office abolished (April 1958 – February 1962)
15 Paolo Pace [de]
(1909–1980)
February 1962 February 1966 Nationalist Party
16 Alfred Bonnici [de]
(1934–)
April 1966 June 1971 Nationalist Party
17 Emmanuel Attard Bezzina [de]
(1921–1988)
June 1971 September 1976 Labour Party
18 Nestu Laiviera [de]
(1908–1984)
September 1976 January 1978 Labour Party
19 Kalcidon Agius [de]
(1917–2006)
January 1978 February 1982 Labour Party
20 Daniel Micallef
(1928–2022)
February 1982 July 1986 Labour Party
21 Paul Xuereb
(1923–1994)
July 1986 February 1987 Labour Party
22 Joseph M. Baldacchino [de]
(1922–2006)
February 1987 May 1987 Labour Party
23 Jimmy Farrugia [de]
(1922–2006)
July 1987 October 1988 Nationalist Party
24 Lawrence Gonzi
(1953–)
October 1988 September 1996 Nationalist Party
25 Myriam Spiteri Debono
(1952–)
October 1996 August 1998 Labour Party
26 Anton Tabone
(1937–)
October 1998 10 May 2008 Nationalist Party
27 Louis Galea
(1948–)
10 May 2008 29 April 2010 Nationalist Party
28 Michael Frendo
(1955–)
29 April 2010 6 April 2013 Nationalist Party
29 Angelo Farrugia
(1955–)
6 April 2013 Incumbent Labour Party

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Niżżel id-Dokument". Parliament of Malta.