Malta
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- 26 Oct 1530 - 12
Jun 1798
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- 12 Jun 1798 - 8
Sep 1800
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- 8 Sep 1800 - 1875
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- af.1814 - c.1864
Unofficial Merchant Ensign
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![[Malta State
Ensign 1875-c.1903] [Malta State Ensign
1875-c.1903]](mt-s1875.gif)
- 1875 - c.1903
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- c.1903 - 1923
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- 1923 - 28 Dec 1943
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- 28 Dec 1943 - 21 Sep 1964
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- c.1903 - 1943
Civil Ensign
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- 1947 - 21 Sep 1964
Civil Ensign
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- Adopted 21 Sep 1964
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Map
of Malta
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Hear
National Anthem
"L-Innu Malti"
(The Hymn of
Malta)
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Text
of National Anthem
From 22 Feb 1941
(Officially adopted 1964)
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Constitution
(21 Sep 1964)
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Capital:
Valletta
(il-Belt Valletta)
(Città Notabile
[Mdina]
to 18 Mar 1571; Birgu
1530-1571 de facto)
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Currency:
Euro (EUR);
1968
- 1 Jan 2008 Maltese
Lira (MTL); 1914-1968
Maltese Pound (MTP);
1530-1798 Maltese Scudo (XITL)
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National
Holiday: 21 Sep (1964)
Jum l-Indipendenza
(Independence Day)
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Population:
449,043 (2018);
100,000 (1798 est.)
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GDP: $19.26
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$3.27 billion (2017)
Imports: $4.99
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups:
Maltese 93.8%, British 2.1%,
Arab 2%, Italian 1.5%,
other 0.6% (2000)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 2,121 (2010)
Merchant marine:
2,205 ships (2018)
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Religions:
Roman Catholic 94.5% (official),
unaffiliated
Christian 2.7%,
non-religious 1%, Protestant
0.8%,
Muslim 0.5%, other 0.5%
(2000)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: AG,
AIIB
(nonregional), APM, BTWC, C,
CCM, CD, CE, CTBT, CWC, EAPC, EBRD, ECB,
EIB, EMU, ESA
(cooperating state), ESCR, EU,
Euratom, Eutelsat, FAO, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU,
IRENA, ISA,
ISO, ITSO, ITU,
ITUC, MIGA, NAM (guest), NPT,
NSG, NTBT, OAS (observer), OECD
(applicant), OIF (observer), OPCW,
OSCE, OST, PA (observer), PAM, PCA, PFP,
UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WA, WCO, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Malta
Index
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Chronology
c.550 BC - 218 BC
Under rule the
Carthaginians.
218 BC - c.455 AD
Part of the Roman Empire,
named Melita.
c.445 -
535
Part of Vandal kingdom.
535 - 870
Part of Eastern Roman (Byzantine)
Empire, named
Gaudomelete.
29 Aug 870
Under Muslim Arab rule.
Jul
1091
Norman rule, part of Kingdom
of Sicily.
c.1190 -
20 Aug 1428
County of Malta, a fiefdom of Sicily
24 Mar
1530
Islands
of Malta (Malta), Gozo (Għawdex)
and Comino
(Kemmuna)
are ceded as a perpetual fief
by the
King of Two Sicilies to the Knights of
St.
John
Hospitaller
in accordance with a deed signed
in
Castelfranco.
25 Apr
1530
The grant of the fief is accepted by a
decree
approved by the Council of the Order.
26 Oct
1530
Knights of St. John Hospitaller take
possession
(formal ceremony of
enfeoffment 13 Nov 1530).
18 May 1565 -
8 Sep 1565 Ottoman siege of
Malta.
6 Jun 1798
French invasion.
12 Jun
1798
Sovereignty over the islands of
Malta, Gozo and
Comino is renounced by the Order in
favor of
France by convention signed on
aboard the Orient.
Malta annexed by France, but
not departmentalized
(Îles de Malte et du
Goze).
2 Sep
1798
Maltese rebellion begins in Mdina (for
the Kingdom
of
Sicily); French lose control of Gozo
(on
28 Oct 1798) and later most
parts of Malta Island
(except
Valletta and the Three Cities).
28 Oct 1798 - 29 Oct
1798 British occupy Gozo.
9 Feb 1799
Maltese petition the King
of Sicily to permit
British protection, effected on 19 Feb
1799.
23 Feb 1799
Maltese request the
British for protection.
31 Mar
1799
Sovereignty exercise transferred to
the U.K. by
petition (Islands of Malta and Gozo).
9 Dec
1799
British forces begin arrival on Malta
Island.
8 Sep
1800
French capitulation of Valetta to
British forces.
8 Sep 1800 - 20
Feb 1801 Nominally administered
by the U.K. for the Kingdom
of Sicily (Isole di Malta e Gozo).
20 Feb
1801
British administration formally
resumed (Malta).
1 Oct
1801
Preliminary British/French peace
treaty agrees to
restore Malta to the Knights of St.
John.
25 Mar
1802
French claim extinguished by Treaty of
Amiens
which stipulates Malta was to be
restored
to Knights of St. John and British to
withdraw;
these provisions are not carried out,
British
occupation continues.
25
Mar 1802 - 30 Mar 1814 British
Sovereignty over Malta is disputed by
the
Knights
of Malta, Kingdom of Sicily
("Sicily"),
and France.
5
Oct 1813
British crown colony (Island of Malta
and its
Dependencies).
30 May
1814
British possession recognized by
Treaty of Paris.
31
Dec
1818
British abolish the Universitas,
the traditional
institution of Malta Island
self-government.
26 Oct 1921 - 2 Nov 1933
Self-rule.
2
Nov
1933
British crown colony.
3 Mar 1962
State of
Malta (Stat ta'
Malta)
3 Mar
1962
Self-rule (restored).
21
Sep
1964
Independence from U.K.
13 Dec
1974
Republic of Malta (Repubblika
ta' Malta).
1 May 2004
Part of European
Union.
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Counts (Conti di Malta)
c.1190 -
1194
Margarito (Megareítịs) di Brindisi (d. 1198?)
1194 -
1198
Guglielmo Grasso
(d. 1201)
1198? - c.1231
Enrico de Castro "Pescatore"
(d. c.1231)
c.1231 - 12..
Nicolosio de
Castro
12.. - 1305
part of royal domain
1305 - c.1320
Guglielmo Raimondo Moncada
(d.
c.1320)
(claimant)
c.1320 - 1330
Guglielmo d'Aragona, duca di
(b. 1312 - d. 1338)
Athena
1330 -
c.1338
Alfonso Federigo d'Aragona
(b. 129. - d. c.1338)
c.1338 -
1350
Pedro Federigo d'Aragona
(d. 135.)
1350 -
1357
part of royal domain
1357 -
1360
Niccolò Acciaiuoli (claimant)
(b. 1310 - d. 1365)
1360 -
1362
Guido Ventimiglia
1362 - 4 May
1366 part
of royal domain
4 May 1366 - Mar 1391
Manfredi Chiaramonte, conte
(b. 132. - d. 1391)
di Modica
Mar 1391 - 2 Apr
1392 Andrea Chiaramonte, conte
di (b. 136. - d.
1392)
Modica
2 Apr 1392 - 1 Jun
1392 Guglielmo Raimondo de
Moncada (d. 1398)
(1st
time)
1 Jun 1392 - 1394
Artale
d'Alagona
1394 -
1397
Guglielmo Raimondo de Moncada
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1397 -
1420
part of royal domain
1420 - 7 Mar 1421
Antonio
Cardona
7 Mar 1421 - 20 Jun 1428
Gonsalvo Monroy
20 Jun 1428 - 26 Oct 1530 part
of royal domain
Lieutenant governors (styled Capitano della
Verga di Malta)
(for the kings of Sicily "Naples")
1356 -
1372
Giacomo Pellegrino
1372 -
1399
Guglielmo Murina
1399 -
1403
Giulio Ricciari
16 Oct 1403 -
1406
Francesco Gatto (1st
time)
(d. 1442)
1406 -
1413
Francesco Giovanni di Santa Colomba
1413 -
1414
Diego de Portocarrero
1414 -
1415
Diego de Terrazza
1415 -
1418
Lupo Terrazza
1418 -
1428
Ruggiero de Serriano
1428 -
1429
Paolo de Pellegrino
1429 -
1431
Antonio d'Esguanez (1st
time) (d. 1458)
1431 -
1433
Francesco Gatto (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1433 -
1438
Antonio Inguanez (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1438 -
1439
Francesco Platamone
1439 -
1440
Antonio d'Esguanez (3rd
time) (s.a.)
1440 - 1442
Angaraldo d'Esguanez
(d. 1472)
1442 -
1454
Antonio d'Esguanez (4th
time) (s.a.)
1454 -
1455
Carlo di Paterno
1455 -
1456
Nardo de Bordino
1456 -
1457
Stefano Pirrera
1457 -
1458
Giovanni de Xabica
1458 -
1460
Pietro Giovanni de Mazara
1460 -
1461
Pietro de Valdez
1461 -
1462
Bartolomeo de Clementis
1462 -
1466
Paolo de Nasis
1466 -
1467
Raimondo de Parisio
1467 -
1468
Giovanni di Mazara (1st time)
1468 -
1470
Tristano de Guevara
1470 -
1471
Giorgio de Xabica (1st time)
1471 -
1473
Giovanni di Mazara (2nd time)
1473 -
1474
Simone di Mazara (1st time)
1474 -
1475
Giovanni di Mazara (3rd time)
1475 -
1476
Giorgio de Xabica (2nd time)
1476 -
1477
Giovanni di Mazara (4th time)
1477 -
1479
Simone di Mazara (2nd time)
1479 -
1480
Giovani de Guevara (1st time)
1480 -
1481
Giorgio de Xabica (3rd time)
1481 -
1482
Torreo de Guevara
1482 -
1484
Pietro de Ribera
1484 -
1486
Pietro de Valdes
1486 -
1487
Simone di Mazara (3rd time)
1487 -
1493
Carlo de Guevara
1493 -
1500
Antonio Gatto d'Esguanez
1500 -
1513
Giovanni de Guevara (2nd time)
1513 -
1514
Giacomo Falsone
1514 -
1516
Manfredo Caxaro
1516 -
1517
Matteo de Guevara
1517 -
1518
Giovanni di Mazara (1st time)
1518 -
1519
Ambrogio Falsone (1st time)
1519 -
1520
Luguterra de Nava
1520 -
1521
Giovanni di Mazara (2nd time)
1521 -
1522
Pietro de Stuniga
1522 -
1522
Leonardo de Bordino
1522 -
1524
Ambrogio Falsone (2nd time)
1524 -
1525
Giovanni di Mazara (3rd time)
1525 -
1526
Michele Falsone
1526 -
1527
Pietro Falsone
1527 -
1528
Giovanni de Nava
1528 - 1530
Antonio d'Esguanez
Grand Masters
13 Nov 1530 - 12 Jun 1798 the Grand Masters
of Knights St. John
Hospitaller
French Commanders-in-Chief of the
Islands of Malta and Gozo
(Commandants-en-Chef des îles de Malte et du Goze)
12 Jun 1798 - 18 Jun 1798
Napoléon Bonaparte
(b. 1769 - d.
1821)
18 Jun 1798 - 8 Sep 1800 Claude Henri
Belgrand de Vaubois (b. 1748 - d. 1839)
Commissioners of the French
Government for the Island of Malta
(Commissaires du Gouvernement Français
pour l'île de Malte)
14 Jun 1798 - 9 Nov 1798
Michel Louis Étienne Regnaud de
(b. 1761 - d. 1819)
Saint-Jean
d'Angely
9 Nov 1798 - 8 Sep
1800 Pierre Jean-Louis Ovide
Doublet (b. 1754 - d. 1824)
(acting to 11 Nov 1798)
Presidents of the National
Congress (to 18 Feb 1799, National Assembly)
(in rebellion against French rule, in
Mdina)
5 Sep 1798 - 18 Feb 1799 Deputies
- Emanuele
Vitale
(b. 1759 - d. 1802)
- Conte Salvatore Manduca
(b. 17.. - d. 1800)
- Marchese Vincenzo de Piro
(b. 1736 - d. 1799)
- Conte Ferdinando
Theuma-
(b. 17.. - d. 1821)
Castelletti
18 Feb 1799 - 25 Apr 1799 Alexander John
Ball
(b. 1757 - d.
1809)
British Commanders-in-chief of
the Islands of Malta and Gozo
28 Oct 1798 - 10 Dec 1799 Alexander John
Ball (on Gozo) (s.a.)
10 Dec 1799 - 17 Jul 1800 Thomas
Graham
(b. 1748 - d. 1843)
17 Jul 1800 - 8 Sep 1800 Henry
Pigot
(b. 1750 - d. 1840)
Sicilian Governor of the Islands of
Malta and Gozo (Governatore delle
Isole di Malta e Gozo)
8 Sep 1800 - 20 Feb 1801 Alexander
John Ball
(s.a.)
Governor of the Islands of Malta
20 Feb 1801 - 5 Jul 1801 Henry Pigot
(acting)
(s.a.)
Commissioners for the Civil Affairs of Malta
5 Jul 1801 - 24 Jul 1802 Charles
Cameron
(b. 1766 - d.
1828)
10 Jul 1802 - 25 Oct 1809 Sir Alexander
John Ball
(s.a.)
25 Oct 1809 - 4 Oct 1813 Sir
Hildebrand Oakes
(b. 1754 - d. 1822)
(acting to 12 May 1810)
Governors and
Commanders-in-Chief in and over the Island of Malta
and its Dependencies
5 Oct 1813 - 17 Jan 1824 Sir
Thomas
Maitland
(b. 1759 - d. 1824)
27 Jun 1815 - 18 Sep 1815 John Thomas
Layard (1st time) (b. c.1754 -
d. 1828)
(acting for Maitland)
19 Feb 1816 - 14 May 1817 John Thomas
Layard (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
26 Jun 1817 - 26 Sep 1817 John
Thomas Layard (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
2 Dec 1818 - 4 Oct 1819 John
Thomas Layard (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
12 Oct 1819 - 16 Oct 1819 Sir Manley Power
(1st time)
(b. 1773 - d. 1826)
(acting for Maitland)
18 Dec 1819 - 6 Dec 1821 Sir Manley
Power (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
Feb 1822 - 17 May 1822
Sir Manley Power (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
17 May 1822 - 5 Jun 1822 Augustus
Frederick Warburton
(b. 1783 - d. 1836)
(acting for Maitland)
5 Jun 1822 - 18 Jun 1822 Sir William
Parker Carrol
(b. 1776 - d. 1842)
(1st time)(acting for Maitland)
18 Jun 1822 - 5 Feb 1823 Sir Manley
Power (4th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
5 Feb 1823 - 17 Mar 1823 Sir William
Parker Carrol (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for Maitland)
4 Apr 1823 - 20 Jun 1823 Sir
William Parker Carrol
(s.a.)
(3rd time)(acting for Maitland)
20 Jun 1823 - 13 Jan 1824 Sir Manley Power
(5th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
18 Jan 1824 - 7 Jun 1824 Sir Manley
Power (6th time) (s.a.)
(acting for Maitland)
7 Jun 1824 - 28 Nov 1826
Francis
Rawdon-Hastings,
(b. 1754 - d. 1826)
Marquess of Hastings
27 Apr 1825 - 1 Dec 1825
Sir Manley Power
(s.a.)
(acting for Hastings)
1 Dec 1825 - 31 Mar 1826 Alexander
George Woodford
(b. 1782 - d. 1870)
(acting for Hastings)
28 Nov 1826 - 15 Feb 1827 Alexander George
Woodford (s.a.)
(acting)
15 Feb 1827 - 18 Nov 1836 Sir
Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (b. 1783 - d.
1837)
1 Aug 1831 - 22 Oct 1831 Augustus
Frederick Warburton
(s.a.)
(acting for Ponsonby)
22 Oct 1831 - 12 Nov 1831 Henry Anderson
Morshead
(b. 1774? - d. 1831)
(acting for Ponsonby)
12 Nov 1831 - 10 Jan 1832 Henry Balneavis
(1st time) (b. c.1781 -
d. 1857)
(acting for Ponsonby)
10 Jan 1832 - 14 Feb 1832 George
Brown
(b. 1790 - d. 1865)
(acting for Ponsonby)
24 Feb 1832 - 5 Mar 1832 Sir Howard
Elphinstone (1st time) (b. 1773 - d. 1846)
(acting for Ponsonby)
28 May 1834 - 27 Oct 1834 Sir Howard
Elphinstone (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Ponsonby)
22 May 1835 - 8 Jul 1835 Henry
Balneavis (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Ponsonby)
8 Jul 1835 - 4 Jul 1836 George
Cardew
(b. c.1783 - d. 1859)
(acting for Ponsonby)
4 Jul 1836 - 18 Nov 1836 Thomas
Evans
(b. 177. - d. 1863)
(acting for Ponsonby)
18 Nov 1836 - 13 Jul 1843
Sir Henry Frederick
Bouverie (b. 1783 -
d. 1852)
26 May 1841 - 7 Nov 1841
George Cardew (acting for Bouverie)(s.a.)
15 Jun 1843 - 13 Jul 1843 Henry
Balneavis
(s.a.)
(acting for Bouverie)
13 Jul 1843 - 18 Dec 1847
Sir Patrick
Stuart
(b. 1787 - d. 1855)
15 Jul 1846 - 15 Nov 1846 Henry
Balneavis (acting for Stuart)(s.a.)
24 Jul 1847 - 18 Dec 1847 Mildmay Fane
(acting for Stuart) (b. 1794
- d. 1868)
18 Dec 1847 - 14 Nov 1851
Richard More O'Ferrall
(b. 1797 - d. 1880)
25 Aug 1849 - 26 Oct 1849
Rice Jones
(b. 178. - d. 1854)
(acting for O'Ferrall)
26 Oct 1849 - 9 Nov 1849 Robert
Ellice (1st time)
(b. 1784 - d. 1856)
(acting for O'Ferrall)
13 May 1851 - 14 Nov 1851 Robert Ellice
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for O'Ferrall)
14 Nov 1851 - 30 Apr 1858 Sir
William
Reid
(b. 1791 - d. 1858)
27 Jul 1857 - 30 Sep 1857 John
Lysaght Pennefather
(b. 1798 - d. 1872)
(acting to Reid)
30 Apr 1858 - 30 Nov
1864 Sir John Gaspard Le
Marchant (b. 1803 -
d. 1874)
24 May 1860 - 2 Jul 1860 Charles
Warren
(b. 1798 - d.
1866)
(acting for Le Marchant)
31 Jul 1863 - 29 Aug 1863 Mark Kerr
Atherley
(b. 1804 - d. 1884)
(acting for Le Marchant)
4 Nov 1864 - 30 Nov 1864 William John
Ridley
(b. 1817 - d. 1868)
(acting for Le Marchant)
30 Nov 1864 - 15 May 1867 Sir Henry Knight
Storks
(b. 1811 - d. 1874)
7 Dec 1865 - 22 Dec 1866 William John
Ridley (1st time) (s.a.)
(acting for Storks)
18 Apr 1867 - 15 May 1867 William John
Ridley (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Storks)
15 May 1867 - 3 Jun 1872 Sir Patrick
Grant
(b. 1804 - d. 1895)
3 Jun 1872 - 4 Jun
1878 Sir Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee (b. 1812 -
d. 1892)
4 Jun 1878 - 8 Apr
1884 Sir Arthur
Borton
(b. 1814 - d. 1893)
8 Apr 1884 - 28 Sep 1888 Sir John
Lintorn Arabin Simmons (b. 1821 - d.
1903)
28 Sep 1888 - 1 Dec 1889
Sir Henry D'Oyley
Torrens
(b. 1833 - d. 1889)
1 Dec 1889 - 20 Feb 1890 Gerald
Strickland, Count Della (b. 1861
- d. 1940)
Catena (acting)
20 Feb 1890 - 31 Dec 1893 Sir Henry Augustus
Smyth
(b. 1825 - d. 1906)
31 Dec 1893 - 31 Dec 1898
Arthur James Lyon Fremantle
(b. 1835 - d. 1901)
(from
26 May 1894, Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle)
31 Dec 1898 - 26 Mar 1903 Sir Francis Wallace
Grenfell (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
(from 15 Jul 1902, Francis Wallace
Grenfell, Baron Grenfell of Kilvey)
26 Mar 1903 - 3 May 1907
Sir Charles Mansfield
Clarke (b. 1839 - d.
1932)
3 May 1907 - 22 Oct 1907 Sir Harry
Barron (acting)
(b. 1847 - d. 1921)
22 Oct 1907 - 20 Aug 1909 Henry Fane Grant
(b. 1848 - d. 1919)
(from 26 Jun 1908, Sir Henry Fane
Grant)
20 Aug 1909 - 21 Sep 1909 Sir
Edward Marsh Merewether (b.
1858 - d. 1938)
(acting)
21 Sep 1909 - Feb 1915 Sir Henry
Macleod Leslie Rundle (b. 1856 - d.
1934)
14 Feb 1915 - 29 Apr 1919 Paul
Sanford, Baron Methuen of
(b. 1845 - d. 1932)
Corsham
29 Apr 1919 - 10 Jun 1919 Walter
Charles Hunter Blair
(b. 1860 - d. 1938)
(acting)
10 Jun 1919 - 15 May 1924 Sir Herbert Charles
Onslow Plumer (b. 1857 - d. 1932)
(from 18 Oct 1919, Herbert Charles
Onslow Plumer, Baron Plumer of
of Messines and of Bilton)
15 May 1924 - 17 Jun 1924
William Charles Fleming Robertson (b. 1867 - d.
1937)
(acting)
17 Jun 1924 - 28 Feb 1927 Sir Walter
Norris
Congreve
(b. 1862 - d. 1927)
28 Feb 1927 - 4 May 1927 Thomas
Alexander Vans Best (acting)(b. 1870 - d. 1941)
4 May 1927 - 30 Jun 1931 Sir
John Philip du
Cane
(b. 1865 - d. 1947)
30 Jun 1931 - 25 Sep 1931 Harry
Charles Luke (acting) (b.
1884 - d. 1969)
25 Sep 1931 - 14 Feb 1936 Sir David Graham Muschet
Campbell (b. 1869 - d. 1936)
1 Apr 1936 - 24
May 1940 Sir Charles
Bonham-Carter
(b. 1876 - d. 1955)
24 May 1940 - 7 May 1942
William George Shedden Dobbie (b.
1879 - d. 1964)
(from 14 Mar 1941, Sir William George
Shedden Dobbie)
(acting
to 19 May 1941)
7 May 1942 - 26 Sep 1944
John Standish Surtees Prendergast (b. 1886 - d.
1946)
Vereker, Viscount Gort
26 Sep 1944 - 10 Jul 1946 Sir Edmond Charles Acton
Schreiber (b. 1890 - d. 1972)
10 Jul 1946 - 15 Sep 1949 Francis Campbell Ross
Douglas (b. 1889 - d.
1980)
(from 21 Oct 1947, Sir Francis Campbell Ross
Douglas)
15 Sep 1949 - 3 Aug 1954 Sir Gerald Hallen
Creasy
(b. 1897 - d. 1983)
3 Aug 1954 - 8 Jun 1959 Sir Robert
Edward
Laycock
(b. 1907 - d. 1968)
8 Jun 1959 - 2 Jul 1962 Sir Guy
Grantham
(b. 1900 - d. 1992)
27 Jun 1962 - 2 Jul 1962 Sir Anthony Joseph
Mamo (b. 1909 -
d. 2008)
(acting for Grantham)
2 Jul 1962 - 20 Sep 1964 Sir Maurice Henry
Dorman
(b. 1902 - d. 1993)
Queen¹
21 Sep 1964 - 13 Dec 1974 the Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British
monarch as head of state)
21 Sep 1964 - 22 Jun 1971 Sir Maurice Henry
Dorman
(s.a.)
22 Jun 1971 - 13 Dec 1974 Sir Anthony Joseph
Mamo
(s.a.)
(acting
to 3 Jul 1971)
Presidents
13 Dec 1974 - 25 Dec 1976 Sir Anthony Joseph
Mamo
(s.a.)
Non-party
25 Dec 1976 - 27 Dec 1976 John Joseph Cremona
(acting) (b. 1918 - d. 2020)
Non-party
27 Dec 1976 - 27 Dec 1981 Anton Buttiġieġ
(b. 1912 - d. 1983) PL
27 Dec 1981 - 16 Feb 1982 Albert "Bertu" Victor
Hyzler (b. 1916 - d.
1993) PL
(acting)
16 Feb 1982 - 15 Feb 1987 Agatha Barbara
(f)
(b. 1923 - d. 2002) PL
15 Feb 1987 - 4 Apr 1989 Paul "Pawlu" Xuereb
(acting) (b. 1923 -
d. 1994) PL
4 Apr 1989 - 4 Apr 1994 Vincent
"Ċensu"
Tabone
(b. 1913 - d. 2012) PN
4 Apr 1994 - 4 Apr 1999 Ugo Mifsud
Bonniċi
(b.
1932)
PN
4 Apr 1999 - 4 Apr 2004 Guido de
Marco
(b. 1931 - d. 2010) PN
4 Apr 2004 - 4 Apr 2009 Edward "Eddie"
Fenech Adami
(b.
1934)
PN
4 Apr 2009 - 4 Apr 2014 George Abela
(b. 1948)
PL
4 Apr 2014 - 4 Apr 2019
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (f)
(b. 1958) PL
4 Apr 2019 - 4 Apr 2024 George William
Vella
(b.
1942)
PL
4 Apr 2024 -
Myriam Spiteri Debono (f)
(b.
1952)
PL
Captains of the Malta Island (styled Capitano
della Verga di Malta)2(in
Mdina)
1356 - 1530
the Lieutenant governors
1530 - 1531
Leonardo Calava
1531 - 1532
Paolo de Nasis
1532 - 1533
Antonio Falsone
1533 - 1534
Antonio Manduca (1st time)
1534 - 1536
Matteo Falsone (1st time)
1536 - 1538
Antonio Manduca (2nd time)
1538 - 1540
Antonio Goffredo Inguanez
1540 - 1542
Matteo Falsone (2nd time)
1542 - 1545
Antonio Manduca (3rd time)
1545 - 1548
Vincenzo Vasco
1548 - 1550
Antonio Inguanez
1550 - 1557
Girolamo d'Aragona
1557 - 1563
Matteo Falsone (3rd time)
1563 - 1565
Antonio de Guevara (1st time)
1565 - 1568
Matteo Falsone (4th time)
1568 - 1570
Antonio de Guevara (2nd time)
1570 - 1571
Alfonso Giovanni de Nava
1571 - 1573
Francesco d'Aragona (1st time)
1573 - 1574
Giuseppe de Nava
1574 - 1576
Alfonso Pietro de Nava
1576 - 1578
Ferdinando de Guevara
1578 - 1579
Francesco d'Aragona (2nd time)
1579 - 1580
Ferrante de Guevara
1580 - 1581
Salvatore Montagnes
1581 - 1582
Francesco d-Aragona (3rd time)
1582 - 1584
Alfonso de Nava
1584 - 1587
Barone Gregorio Xerri (1st time)
1587 - 1590
Ugolino Navarra
1590 - 1592
Giovanni Maria Cassia (1st time)
1592 - 1595
Barone Gregorio Xerri (2nd time)
1595 - 1597
Pietro
de Guevara (1st time)
1597 - 1598
Ambrogio Falsone
1598 - 1599
Barone Antonio Inguanez
1599 - 1601
Barone Gregorio Xerri (3rd time)
1601 - 1603
Pietro de Guevara (2nd time)
1603 - 1605
Giovanni Domenico Xerri
1605 - 1609
Barone Gregorio Xerri (4th time)
1609 - 1611
Michele Cassar
1611 - 1613
Barone Gregorio Xerri (5th time)
1613 - 1615
Giovanni Maria Cassia (2nd time)
1615 - 1623
Barone Gregorio Xerri (6th time)
1623 - 1624
Antonio Cumbo
1624 - 1625
Giovanni
Domenico Felice
1625 - 1627
Giovanni Vincenzo Castelletti
1627 - 1629
Francesco Mamo
1629 - 1633
Antonio Torrensi
1633 - 1635
Francesco Perdicomati
1635 - 1636
Diego Ferriolo
1636 - 1638
Giacomo Testaferrata
1638 - 1640
Diego Antonio Ferriol
1640 - 1642
Ignazio Bonnici
1642 - 1644
Lorenzo Cassar
1644 - 1652
Silvestro Fiteni
(from 1647, Barone Silvestro Fiteni)
1652 - 1653
Pietro Cassar
1653 - 1654
Giovanni Battista Micallef (1st
time)
1654 - 1656
Gregorio Bonnici
1656 - 1658
Giovanni Battista Micallef (2nd time)
1658 - 1659
Antonio Xara (1st time)
1659 - 1660
Barone Pietro Cassia
1660 - 1662
Giovanni Domenico Muscat (1st time)
1662 - 1663
Giovanni Maria Cardona
1663 - 1664
Giovanni Domenico Muscat (2nd time)
1664 - 1668
Antonio Xara (2nd time)
1669 - 1671
Giovanni Domenico Muscat (3rd time)
1671 - 1673
Stanislao Xara
1673 - 1675
Pietro Monpalao (1st time)
1675 - 1677
Giacinto Macedonia
1677 - 1678
Alessandro Monpalao
1678 - 1680
Antonio Xara (3rd time)
1680 - 1682
Domenico Bonnici
1682 - 1684
Pietro Monplao (2nd time)
1684 - 1686
Giovanni Battista Bonnici
1686 - 1689
Baldassere Theuma
1689 - 1692
Mario Testaferrata
1692 - 1698
Giovanni Gourgion
1698 - 1700
Martino Antonio Perdicomati
1700 - 1701
Calcerano Monpalao
1702 - 1705
Barone Fabrizio Testaferrata
1705 - 1709
Barone Marc'Antonio Inguanez
(d. 1760)
(1st time)
1709 - 1710
Giacomo Cassar
1710 - 1713
Antonio Bonnici
1713 - 1715
Barone Marc'Antonio Inguanez
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1715 - 1717
Antonio Muscat
1717 - 1721
Pietro Monpalao (3rd time)
1721 - 1730
Barone Marc'Antonio Inguanez
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
1730 - 1733
Barone Pietro Paolo Galea
1733 - 1740
Barone Ferdinando Castelletti
1740 - 1760
Barone Marc'Antonio
Inguanez (s.a.)
(4th time)
1761 - 1763
Salvatore Manduca -Regent
1764 - 1775
Barone Giovanni Francesco D'Amico
1775 - 1797
Barone Pasquale Sciberras-
(b. 1735 – d. 1812)
Testaferrata
1797 - 1798
Barone Gregorio Bonnici
President of the Commission of Government (Président
de la Commission de Gouvernement)
14 Jun 1798 - 8 Sep
1800 Jean-Baptiste de Bosredon de
(b. 1741 - d. 1812) Non-party
Ransijat (under French rule)
Captains of Malta Island (styled Capitano
della Verga di Malta)(in Mdina)
Apr 1799 - 1801
Barone Francesco Gauci
(d. 1810)
1801 - 1814
Conte Giovanni "Gio"
Francesco Sant(b. 1748 - d. 18..)
1814 - 31 Dec 1818
Giuseppe Bonnici -Regent
Heads of Ministry
28 Oct 1921 - 13 Oct
1923 Joseph
Howard
(b. 1862 - d. 1925) UPM
14 Oct 1923 - 24 Sep
1924 Francesco
Buhagiar
(b. 1876 - d. 1934) UPM
24 Sep 1924 - 15 Aug
1927 Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1st
time) (b. 1889 - d. 1942)
PN
(from 17 Jun 1927, Sir Ugo
Pasquale Mifsud)
15 Aug 1927 - 21 Jun 1932 Gerald
Strickland, Count Della (s.a.)
CP
Catena, (from 2 Jan 1928) Baron
Strickland
20 Sep 1927 - 19 Nov
1927 Augusto Bartolo
(b. 1883 - d.
1937) CP
(acting for Strickland)
21 Jun 1932 - 2 Nov 1933
Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PN
2 Nov 1933 - 4 Nov
1947 Post abolished
Prime ministers
4 Nov 1947 - 26 Sep
1950 Paul
Boffa
(b. 1890 - d. 1962) PL;1949 MWP
26 Sep 1950 - 20 Dec
1950 Enrico "Nerik"
Mizzi
(b. 1885 - d. 1950) PN
20 Dec 1950 - 11 Mar
1955 Giorgio Borg Olivier (1st
time) (b. 1911 - d. 1980) PN
11 Mar 1955 - 24 Apr
1958 Dominic "Dom" Mintoff (1st time)
(b. 1916 - d. 2012) PL
24 Apr 1958 - 3 Mar
1962 Post abolished
3 Mar 1962 - 21 Jun 1971 Giorgio Borg
Olivier (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PN
21 Jun 1971 - 22 Dec
1984 Dominic "Dom" Mintoff (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PL
22 Dec 1984 - 12 May
1987 Carmelo "Karmenu" Mifsud Bonnici
(b. 1933 - d. 2022) PL
12 May 1987 - 28 Oct
1996 Edward "Eddie" Fenech
Adami
(s.a.)
PN
(1st time)
28 Oct 1996 - 6 Sep
1998 Alfred
Sant
(b.
1948)
PL
6 Sep 1998
- 23 Mar 2004 Edward "Eddie" Fenech
Adami
(s.a.)
PN
(2nd time)
23 Mar 2004 - 11 Mar 2013
Lawrence
Gonzi
(b.
1953)
PN
11 Mar 2013 - 13 Jan 2020
Joseph
Muscat
(b. 1974) PL
13 Jan 2020
-
Robert
Abela
(b.
1977)
PL
¹Full style:
(a) 21 Sep 1964 - 18 Jan 1965: Għall-Grazzja
t’Alla tar-Renju Unit tal-Britannja l-Kbira u ta’
l-Irlanda ta’ Fuq u tar-Renji u t-Territorji l-Oħra
Tagħha, Reġina, Kap tal-Commonwealth u Difenditriċi
tal-Fidi ("By the Grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and
of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the
Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith");
(b) 18 Jan 1965 - 13 Dec 1974: Għall-Grazzja
t’Alla, Reġina ta’
Malta u tar-Renji u t-Territorji l-Oħra Tagħha, Kap
tal-Commonwealth ("By the Grace of God,
Queen of Malta and of Her other Realms and Territories,
Head of the Commonwealth").
2the
Captains (in Maltese: Hakem) were Lieutenant
Governors of Malta for the Kings of Sicily "Naples" and
from 1530 Lieutenant Governors for the Grand Masters of
Knights St. John Hospitaller and Commandants-in-chief
for the Country Districts of the Malta Island (covering
most of territory of the Malta Island, except Valletta
and the Three Cities). They also presided over the
Maltese Island local assembly, the Consiglio Popolare,
and the delegated institution of self-government, the Universita.
Noble titles: Barone = baron; Conte = count;
Duca = duke; Marchese = marquess.
Party abbreviations: PL
= Partit Laburista (Labour Party, social-democratic,
center-left, Eurosceptic to 2004, est.15 Mar
19210); PN
= Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party, christian-democratic,
center-right, from 1987 pro-European,
est.1926);
-
Former parties: CP = Constitutional
Party/Partit Kostituzzjonali (monarchist, anti-nationalist,
pro-British, 1921-1946, 1950-1953); MWP
= Partit tal-Haddiema/Malta Workers Party (democratic
socialist, anti-communist, pro-British, split
from PL, 1949-1955); UPM
= Unione Politica Maltese/Unjoni Politika
Maltija (Maltese
Political Union, formerly Unione
Popolare Maltese [Maltese Popular
Union], populist, anti-Protestant,
1920-1926, merged with Partit
Demokratiku Nazzjonalista [Democratic
Party Nationalist] into PN)
Gozo
Gozo Regional Council Flag
From 7 Oct 2014
|
Map
of Gozo
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Capital: Victoria
(Ir-Rabat)
(Rabat 1530-10 Jun 1887)
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Local Holiday:
28 Oct (1798)
Jum Għawdexn (Gozo Day)
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Population: 34,430 (2019)
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1530
Knights of
Saint John appoint a separate governor for
the island of Gozo
(Għawdex).
26 Jul
1551
Gozo sacked by Barbary pirate admiral Dragut Reis,
most
of the population is carried off as slaves.
12 Jun 1798 - 28 Oct 1798 French
occupation.
28 Oct 1798 - 29 Oct 1798
British occupation briefly to facilitate the French
surrender.
29 Oct 1798 - 5 Sep 1800 Local
administration for the Kingdom of Kingdom of Sicily
("Naples").
5 Sep 1800
British rule in Gozo (for
following events, see under Malta).
31 Dec
1818
British abolish the Universitas Gaudisii, the
traditional
Gozo
institution of self-government.
14 Apr 1961
In an attempt to again give the island some
form of
self-administration, the Gozo Civic Council starts to
function.
21 Sep 1964
Part of independent Malta.
4 Dec 1973
Following a referendum the Gozo
Civic Council is abolished.
12 May
1987
Ministry for Gozo (Ministeru għal Għawdex)
established within the
Maltese
government (abolished 28 Oct 1996 - 8 Sep 1998).
30 Jun
1993
Gozo Region (Reġjun Għawdex) created by the Local
Councils Act of
1993.
20 Oct
2009
Mayor of Victoria, Samuel Azzopardi, is elected as
President of the
Region
of Gozo.
18 Sep 2010
Gozo Regional Council (Kunsill Reġjonali
Għawdex)
holds its first
official
meeting.
Oct 2019
Gozo Regional
Council directly elected, with increased powers.
Governors (also captains of Gozo)¹
1530 – 1531
Giovanni de Soria
1531 – 1532
Antonio di Platamone
1532 – 1533
Francesco di Platamone (1st time)
1533 – 1534
Andrea Mannara
1534 – 1536
Bartolomeo di Platamone
1536 – 1538
Francesco di Platamone (2nd time)
1538 – 1539
Alonso de Montagnes
1539 – 1540
Didaco Cervantes de Bobadilla
1540 – 1542
....
1542 – 1543
Calcerano Mompalao
1544 – 1545
Alonso de Vagas
1545 – 1546
Nicolo Caxaro
1546 – 1548
....
1548 – 1549
Giulio Savona
1550 – Jul 1551
Andrea Castelletti
1551 – 1553
Galatian de Sessè
1553 – 1560
Pedro de Olivares
1560 – 1561
Antoine de Fay (dit St.-Romain)
1561 – 1565
....
1565 – 1567
Janotto Torrellas
1567 – 1568
Isidoro d'Arguiz
1568 – 1572
....
1572 – 1573
Roderico Cortez
1573 – 1575
Nicola Tornaquinci
1575 – 1581
....
1581 – 1583
Bernard de Aldana
1583 – 1584
George Fortuyn
1584 – 1585
Octave de Castellane
1586 – 1594
Pietro Spina
c.1592/1595
Faustino Bulgarini
1594 – 1596
....
1596 – 1597
Pietro de Sangro
1597 – 1599
Giovanni Andrea Capece
1599 – 1601
Baldassare Manilla
1601 – 1605
Ferdinando Rosselimini (Rossermini)
1606 – 1609
François Mansell
(Munsell) Saint-Leger
1610 – 1612
Eugenio Ramirez Maldonato
1613 – 1614
Farnçois de Cremaulx
1614 – 1616
Jacques de Bovain dit
Colubieres
(Bouvin La Rognosa)
1616 – 1617
Jean de Mars-Liviers
1617 – 1618
Jacques-Christophe de Andlau
1618 – 1622
Richard de Nini Claret
1622 -
1623
Ludovico Vasconcelos
1623 – 1624
Pierre de Carvel-de-Merey
1625 – 1626
Jean-Baptiste de Galéan-Chateauneuf
1626 – 1628
....
1628 – 1629
François du Puy-Trigonan
1630 – 1631
Jean de Tiembrune-Valence
1631 – 1633
Stefano del Portico
1633 – 1635
Alexandre de Benque
1635 – 1637
Henri de Lates-Entraygues
1638 – 1639
Honore de Lascaris
1639 – 1640
Jerome de Galean-Chateauneuf
1641 – 1642
Jean-Scipio de Grailles-Chalettes
1642 – 1644
....
1644 – 1645
Antoine Le Fort-Bennebost
1645 – 1646
Henri de Villeneuve-Thorens
1647 – 1649
Francisco de Salinas
1649 – 1650
Joseph de Panisse
1651 – 1652
Philibert de Cleron
1653 – 1654
Isidoro de Arguiz y Antillon
1655 – 1656
François de Vintimille-Montpezat
1657 – 1658
François-Guillaume de Neulandt
1658 – 1660
....
1660 – 1661
Joseph del Vayo y Agreda
1661 – 1662
Erasmo de Albito
1663 – 1664
Fabio Gori Pannellini
1664 – 1665
Giovanni Cassia
1665 – 1666
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (1st time)
1666 - 1667
Alessandro Fattinelli
1667 – 1669/70
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (2nd
time)
1670 – 1671
Carlo de Quirault
1671 – 1673
Ottavio Tancredi
1673 – 1676
Ludovico Xedler y Gomez (3rd
time)
1676 – 1678
Francisco de Cordoba
1678 – 1679
Etienne Pinto de Mirandal
1680 – 1681
Pietro Gorgona
1682 – 1683
Henri de Gratet de Dolomieu
1684 – 1685
Albert de Banquemare
1686 – 1687
Luigi Venato
1688 – 1689
Girolamo Albergotti
1690 – 1691
Ignazio Lores
1692 – 1693
Rene de Marconnay de Cursay
1693 – 1696
....
1696 – 1697
Marc' Antoine de Galean
1697 – 1699
Octave de Galean
1699 – 1700
François du Hamel
1701 – 1703
Charles-Louis de Dautesar-Doradur
1703 – 1704
George de La Rue
1705 – 1706
Pierre-Nicolas Contet d'Aulanay
1706 – 1707
Cinto de Montfort
1707 – 1710
....
1710 – 1711
Alessandro Battali
1711 – 1712
Claude de Fontanet la Valette
1712 – 1714
....
1714 – 1715
Diego Garcia de Mula
1716 – 1717
Pierre de Castellane
1718 – 1720
Rene de Marbeuf
1719 – 1720
Giovanni Giuseppe Caxaro
(acting for Marbeuf)
22 Jan 1720 - 1721
Michel de Guast
1722 – 1723
Paul-Antoine de Barbantane
1723 – 1729
....
1729
Giuseppe Cassar
c.1729
Paolo Antonio
de Viguier
1729 – 1730
....
1730 – 1731
Vincent de Vogue-Courdan
1731/32 – 1734
Paul Antoine de Viguier
1734 – 1735
Hubert de Martenville
1735 – 1736
Pierre Dupeyroux
1736 – 1738
....
1738 – 1739
Bernadin de Marbeuf
1740 – 1741
Ervens de Quesnoy
1742 – 1743
Karl Friedrich Freiherr von
Remching
1743 – 1744
François Alexandre de Vauchelle
1744 – 1745
Joseph Gabriel d'Olivary
1746 – 1747
Claude Joseph de Castellane
1748 – 1749
Charles de Guast (1st time)
1749 – 1750
Jacques François de Chambray
(b. 1687 - d. 1756)
1750 – 1752
Pietro Sarsana (Pietro Paolo Zarcona)
1752 – 1753
Charles Auguste Grelier de Concise
(1st time)
1753 – 1754
....
1754
Charles Auguste Grelier de Concise
(2nd time)
1754 - 1755
Alexandre Dussel de Châteauvert
(1st time)
1756 – 1757
Alexandre Dussel de Châteauvert
(2nd time)
1758 – 1764
Charles de Guast (2nd time)
1764 – 1765
Bernardo Rondinelli
1765 – 1766
Charles de Guast (3rd time)
1766 – 1774
....
1774 – 1775
Klemens Fürst von
Hohenlohe- (b. 1732
- d. 1792)
Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1st time)
(Prince Clemente Armando Hohenlohe)
1775 – 1778
....
1778 – 1779
Klemens Fürst von
Hohenlohe- (s.a.)
Waldenburg-Bartenstein (2nd time)
1779 – 1781
....
1781 – 1782
Giuseppe Bonelli
1782 – 1784
....
1784 – 1787
Ugolino Cambi
1787 – 1798
Gilberto Maria des Boys
1798 - 12 Jun 1798
Pierre Antoine Charles
de
(b. 1747 - d. 1828)
Mesgrigny
de Villebertain
French Commander
12 Jun 1798 - 28 Oct 1798 Jean-Louis
Ebénézer Reynier (b. 1771 -
d. 1814)
British Commander-in-Chief of the Islands of Malta and
Gozo
28 Oct 1798 - 29 Oct 1798 Alexander John Ball
(b. 1757 - d. 1809)
Governor-general (for the Kingdom of
Sicily)(also captain of Gozo)¹
29 Oct 1798 – 20 Aug 1801 Francesco
Saverio Cassar
(b. 1746 - d. 1805)
British Governors (also captains of Gozo)¹
20 Aug 1801 - 19 Oct 1802 Emanuele
Vitale
(b. 1759 - d. 1802)
19 Oct 1802 - 15 Oct 1814 Filippo
Castagna
(b. 1765 - d. 1830)
Chief civil officers
15 Oct 1814 - 1816
Robert Carter
1 May 1816 - 1818
John Otto Bayer (1st time)
(d. 1827/28)
3 Mar 1818 – 1818
Fraser
27 Jun 1818 – 1819
Gerard De Courcy
15 Dec 1819 - 1 Jun 1823 John Otto
Bayer (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Lieutenant governors (Luogotenent)
1 Jun 1823 – 1826
John Otto
Bayer
(s.a.)
22 Sep 1826 - 1 Apr 1838 Charles
Andrews Bayley
(b. 1782? - d. 1852)
Chief Civil officer
1 Apr 1838 - 1 Jan 1850
Charles Andrews Bayley
(s.a.)
Chief Civil officers
(non-official)
1 Jan 1850 - 1 Jan 1859 Paolo
Lanfranco
(collector of land revenue)
1 Jan 1859 – 24 Nov 1880 Felice
Mercieca
(deputy receiver-general)
1880 - 1884
Giuseppe Borg
(deputy receiver-general)
Assistant Secretaries to the Government
1884 - 1886
Sir Richard Micallef
(b. 1846 - d. 1933)
1886 - 1891
Paolo Trapani
1891 - 1899
Camillo Gatt
1899 - 1909
Edward Casolani
1909 - 1922
William C. Millard
15 May 1922 - 2 Jun 1922 Alfonso
Tonna Barthet
Commissioners for Gozo
2 Jun 1922 - 1926
Alfonso Tonna Barthet (1st time)
1926 - 1927
Lorenzo Pace
(b. 1897 - d. 1980)
1927 - 1933
Alfonso Tonna Barthet (2nd
time)
1933 - 1934
Post abolished
1934 - 1935
Roger Farrugia
1936 - 1940
Joseph Mary Borg Cardona
(b. 1891 - d. 19..)
1940 - 1942
William Oscar Martin
1942 - 1944
George J. Ransley
(b. 1900
- d. 1983)
(agent commissioner)
1944 - 1956
Edgar G. Montanaro
(b. 1903
- d. 1997)
1956 - 1957
V.J. Castillo
(b. 1913)
1958 - 1960
Joseph W. Attard (1st time)
(b. 1912 - d. 1989)
1960 - 1961
Edgar Cassar
(b. 1909 - d. ....)
1962 - 1965
Henry J. Fiteni
(b. 1905 - d. ....)
1965 - 1969
Joseph W. Attard (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1969 - 1972
Joseph M. Micallef
(b.
1933 - d. 2009)
1972 - 4 Dec 1973
Reuben Bonello
Assistant Secretaries for Gozo Affairs
(from 1987, subordinated to the Minister for
Gozo)
1973 - 1981
Joseph Cefai
(b. 1921 - d. 1996) PL
(from 1974, Secretary for Gozo Affairs)
1981 - 1993
Victor Vella Muscat
(b. 1935 - d.
2009) PL
(from 1984, Secretary for Gozo Affairs)
Minister for Gozo
12 May 1987 - 28 Oct 1996 Anton
Tabone
(b.
1937)
PN
Parliamentary Secretary for Gozo
28 Oct 1996 - 8 Sep 1998 Anton
Refalo
(b. 1956)
PL
Ministers for Gozo
8 Sep 1998
- 13 Mar 2013 Giovanna Attard Debono
(f) (b.
1956)
PN
13 Mar 2013 - 9 Jun 2017 Anton
Refalo
(s.a.)
PL
9 Jun 2017 - 21 Jan 2020
Justyne Caruana
(f)
(b.
1975?)
PL
21 Jan 2020
-
Clint
Camilleri
(b.
1988)
PL
Superintendent-General (head of provisional
government)
18 Sep 1798 - 29 Oct 1798 Francesco Saverio
Cassar
(s.a.)
(in rebellion against the French)
Lieutenants of District of Gozo (to 1818 also
Captains of Gozo, afterwards titular)¹
1815 -
1827
Barone Pietro Paolo Testaferrata- (b. 1760 - d.
1827)
Abela
1827 -
1839
Conte Baldassare
Sant
(b. 1789 - d. 1858)
Chairmen of the Gozo Civic Council
4 Jul 1961 - 23 Jul 1964 Anton Tabone (1st
time)
(b. 1898 - d. 1972) PN
23 Jul 1964 - 7 Jan 1965 Anton
Buttigieg
(b. 1912 - d. 1983) PL
7 Jan 1965 - 11 May 1967 Anton Tabone (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
PN
11 May 1967 - 6 Jul 1967 Carmelo
Refalo
PN
6 Jul 1967 - 7 Jul 1970 Anton Tabone
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
PN
7 Jul 1970 - 7 Jul 1972 Anton Vassallo
7 Jul 1972 - 4 Dec 1973 Joseph Zammit
Mangion
(b. 1929 - d. 2011)
President of the Gozo Regional Committee
Oct 2009 - 5 Aug 2011 Samuel
Azzopardi
(b.
1982)
PN
President of the Gozo Regional Council
5 Aug 2011 -
Samuel Azzopardi
(s.a.)
PN;2021
Ind
¹Captains of Gozo presided over
the Gozo local assembly, the Consiglio Popolare,
and the delegated institution of self-government, the
Universita, established c.1350. Until 1798 the
governors of the Knights St. John Hospitaller for Gozo
held the position of the Captain.
Noble titles: Barone = baron; Conte = count; Duca
= duke; Freiherr = baron; Fürst = prince; Marchese =
marquess.
Party abbreviations: PL
= Partit Laburista (Labour Party, social-democratic,
center-left, Eurosceptic to 2004, est.15 Mar
19210); PN
= Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party, christian-democratic,
center-right, from 1987 pro-European,
est.1926);
© Ben Cahoon
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