Enrico Mizzi

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Enrico “Nerik” Mizzi (born September 20, 1885 in Valletta , † December 20, 1950 in Valletta) was a Maltese politician and Prime Minister .

Studies and early political career

The son of the founder of the nationalist movement, Fortunato Mizzi first studied literature and science at the University of Malta , which he graduated with a diploma in 1906. He then studied law at the Universities of Rome and Urbino and received his doctorate in law (LL.D.) in 1911.

As early as 1915 he was elected as a representative of the "Comitato Patriottico" to the government council of Gozo . On May 7, 1917 he was placed under house arrest for violating the Maltese defense regulations, after which he had campaigned for a liberal constitution vis-à-vis the British colonial power in statements and letters . A court then sentenced him to one year in prison with hard labor, loss of civil rights and disqualification from the bar. The then British governor, Field-Marshall Paul Methuen , softened this sentence into a "severe reprimand" and his civil rights and legal license were restored to him after the end of the fighting of the First World War in 1918. In 1919 he became secretary of the National Assembly.

In addition to his political activities, Dr. Mizzi President for life of the Maltese " Dante Alighieri Society ".

Minister and party leader during the period of self-government from 1921 to 1945

After the establishment of the Maltese right to self-government in 1921, Dr. Mizzi the PDN, which in September 1924 formed a coalition government with the UPM under Ugo Pasquale Mifsud . From 1921 to 1930, 1932 to 1933 and 1947 to 1950 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Prime Minister Mifsud appointed Nerik Mizzi as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry and Trade in his cabinet. He held these offices until August 1927.

When the UPM and PDN later merged to form the "Partito Nazzionalista", Mizzi was together with Mifsud their co-chair from 1926 to 1942. From 1942 to 1950 Mizzi was then sole chairman of the PN. He was also the founder and editor of the party newspapers of the PDN "ECO di Malta e Gozo" (1921) and the PN "MALTA" (1926 to 1940).

When Mifsud became Prime Minister again on June 21, 1932, he appointed Mizzi as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Post and Minister of Education. He held these offices until the provisional termination of self-government on November 2, 1933.

On May 30, 1940 Mizzi was in the building of "MALTA" - press building because of sympathy for Italy arrested along with 47 other nationals of Malta and later in 1942 by Uganda deported . Towards the end of the Second World War he returned to Malta on March 8, 1945 and took his seat on the government council again.

Promotion to Prime Minister

After the election defeat by Paul Boffa in 1947 , Mizzi was the leader of the opposition as chairman of the PN from November 4, 1947 to September 26, 1950.

After the parliamentary election of 1950, Mizzi was tasked with forming a minority government. On September 26, 1950 he was sworn in as Prime Minister. However, Mizzi died on December 20, 1950 in his official residence in Valletta and was then buried in a state funeral.

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