Thirteen people have served as Leader of the Opposition of Malta since the office was established in 1921. The post did not exist in the period between 1933 and 1947, nor between 1958 and 1962.
List of officeholders
edit- Political parties
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | 
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Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) |
October 1921 | August 1927 | 5 years, 10 months | Constitutional Party |
| 2 | 
|
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942) |
August 1927 | June 1932 | 4 years, 10 months | Nationalist Party |
| (1) |
|
Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) |
June 1932 | November 1933 | 1 year, 5 months | Constitutional Party |
| Office Abolished (November 1933 – November 1947) | ||||||
| 3 | 
|
Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950) |
November 1947 | September 1950 | 2 years, 10 months | Nationalist Party |
| 4 | .jpg)
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Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) |
September 1950 | March 1955 | 4 years, 6 months | Labour Party |
| 5 | .jpg)
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Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980) |
March 1955 | April 1958 | 3 years, 1 month | Nationalist Party |
| Office Abolished (April 1958 – March 1962) | ||||||
| (4) |
|
Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) |
March 1962 | June 1971 | 9 years, 3 months | Labour Party |
| (5) |
|
Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980) |
June 1971 | 1977 | 5–6 years | Nationalist Party |
| 6 | .jpg)
|
Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) |
1977 | 12 May 1987 | 9–10 years | Nationalist Party |
| 7 | 
|
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933–2022) |
12 May 1987 | 26 March 1992 | 4 years, 319 days | Labour Party |
| 8 | 
|
Alfred Sant (born 1948) |
26 March 1992 | 28 October 1996 | 4 years, 216 days | Labour Party |
| (6) |
|
Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) |
28 October 1996 | 6 September 1998 | 1 year, 313 days | Nationalist Party |
| (8) |
|
Alfred Sant (born 1948) |
6 September 1998 | 5 June 2008 | 9 years, 273 days | Labour Party |
| — |
|
Charles Mangion (born 1952) Acting |
5 June 2008 | 1 October 2008 | 118 days | Labour Party |
| 9 | .jpg)
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Joseph Muscat (born 1974) |
1 October 2008 | 11 March 2013 | 4 years, 161 days | Labour Party |
| 10 | 
|
Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) |
11 March 2013 | 13 May 2013 | 63 days | Nationalist Party |
| 11 | _(cropped).jpg)
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Simon Busuttil (born 1969) |
13 May 2013 | 4 October 2017 | 4 years, 144 days | Nationalist Party |
| 12 | 
|
Adrian Delia (born 1969) |
6 October 2017 | 7 October 2020 | 3 years, 1 day | Nationalist Party |
| 13 | .jpg)
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Bernard Grech (born 1971) |
7 October 2020[1] | Incumbent | 4 years, 53 days | Nationalist Party |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Azzopardi, Karl (7 October 2020). "Bernard Grech sworn in as Opposition leader". Malta Today. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020.