Maltese Government 2017–2022

Maltese Government 2017–22

22nd Cabinet of Malta
Incumbent
Date formed9 June 2017
Date dissolved20 February 2022
People and organisations
Head of stateMarie Louise Coleiro Preca (2017–2019)
George Vella (2019–present)
Head of governmentJoseph Muscat (2017–2020)
Robert Abela (2020–present)
No. of ministers17
Member partyLabour Party
Opposition partyNationalist Party
Democratic Party (2017–19)
Independent (2019–2022)[1]
Opposition leaderSimon Busuttil (2017)
Adrian Delia (2017–2020)
Bernard Grech (2020–present)
History
Election2017 general election
PredecessorMaltese Government 2013–17
SuccessorMaltese Government 2022–27

The Maltese Government 2017–2022 was the Government of Malta from 9 June 2017 till 20 February 2022. The Maltese government is elected through a General Election for a five-year term. The Head of Government during the earlier period of the legislature was Joseph Muscat. On 13 January 2020, Muscat stepped down as Prime Minister and, following an earlier internal election within the party’s structures, Robert Abela was nominated and sworn in as the Head of Government for the later period of the legislature. The Labour Party won a majority following a snap election which was held on 3 June 2017.[2] Parliament was dissolved on 20 February 2022 and the date of the election was set to 26 March 2022.[3]

Muscat Ministry 2017-2020

Portfolio Minister Political party Assumed office Left office
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat Labour 5 June 2017 13 January 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne Labour 13 July 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for the Economy, Investment, and Small Business Christian Cardona Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Education and Employment Evarist Bartolo Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Health Chris Fearne Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Environment, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change José Herrera Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Family and Children's Rights Michael Falzon Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Promotion Carmelo Abela Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Gozo Justyne Caruana Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Michael Farrugia Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Justice, Culture, and Local Government Owen Bonnici Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for European Affairs and Equality Helena Dalli Labour 9 June 2017 25 July 2019
Edward Zammit Lewis Labour 25 July 2019 13 January 2020
Minister for Tourism Konrad Mizzi Labour 9 June 2017 26 November 2019
Minister for Energy and Water Management Joe Mizzi Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg Labour 9 June 2017 13 January 2020

Abela Ministry 2020-2022

Portfolio Minister Political party Assumed office Left office
Prime Minister Robert Abela Labour 13 January 2020 20 February 2022
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Health Chris Fearne Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for the Economy and Industry Silvio Schembri Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for Social Justice & Solidarity, Family and Children's Rights Michael Falzon Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for European & Foreign Affairs Evarist Bartolo Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for Home Affairs, Law Enforcement and National Security Byron Camilleri Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for National Heritage, Arts and Local Government José Herrera Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for Social Accommodation Roderick Galdes Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister within OPM
(Social Dialogue and the Electoral Manifesto's Implementation) 		Carmelo Abela Labour 15 January 2020 20 February 2022
Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights Anton Refalo Labour 21 January 2020 [RS 1] 20 February 2022
Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries, Animal's Rights and Consumer Protection Clint Camilleri Labour 15 January 2020 20 January 2020 [RS 1]
Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri Labour 20 January 2020 [RS 1] 20 February 2022
Minister for Gozo Justyne Caruana Labour 15 January 2020 19 January 2020 [RS 1]
Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Clayton Bartolo Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
Minister for Tourism Julia Farrugia Portelli Labour 15 January 2020 23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Inclusion and Social Wellbeing Julia Farrugia Portelli Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
Minister for Justice and Governance Edward Zammit Lewis Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
Minister for Justice, Equality and Governance Edward Zammit Lewis Labour 15 January 2020 23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Equality, Innovation, Research and the Co-ordination of the post Covid-19 Strategy Owen Bonnici Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
Minister for Education and Sport Clifton Grima Labour 27 December 2021 [RS 3] 20 February 2022
Minister for Education Justyne Caruana Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 27 December 2021 [RS 3]
Minister for Education and Employment Owen Bonnici Labour 15 January 2020 23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Finance and Employment Clyde Caruana Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
Minister for Finance and Financial Services Edward Scicluna Labour 15 January 2020 22 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
Minister for Energy and Water Management Michael Farrugia Labour 15 January 2020 23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing Michael Farrugia Labour 23 November 2020 [RS 2] 20 February 2022
  1. ^ a b c d Reshuffle resulting from Justyne Caruana's first resignation from cabinet.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Reshuffle resulting from Edward Scicluna's resignations from parliament and cabinet.
  3. ^ a b Reshuffle resulting from Justyne Caruana’s resignation from parliament and second resignation from cabinet.

References

  1. ^ "Godfrey, Marlene Farrugia resign from PD 'to give party chance to rebuild'". The Times of Malta. 22 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Official results show Labour win with 35,280 margin - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt.
  3. ^ "It's official: General election on March 26 -Times of Malta". www.timesofmalta.com. 20 February 2022.