Cabinet Borg Olivier IV

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The Maltese Cabinet Borg Olivier IV was formed on March 3, 1962 by Prime Minister Ġorġ Borg Olivier of the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN). It replaced the first Mintoff cabinet and was in office until 1966.

history

Statue of Ġorġ Borg Olivier in Castille Square in Valletta

After talks about the sovereignty of the administration of Malta with the British government failed, the GWU ( General Workers Union ) called a nationwide strike, which ended on April 18, 1958 in clashes between workers, police and units of the British Army . Thereupon Prime Minister Dom Mintoff of the Partit Laburista (PL) resigned on April 26, 1958, while Borg Olivier, as opposition leader, rejected the formation of a transitional government. The islands were then directly administered by the British Governor of Malta , Lieutenant General Robert Laycock . An executive council was introduced under British rule in 1959 by a transitional constitution. The so-called “ Blood Constitution” , which was published by the Executive Council in 1961, again provided for self-government of the islands, which were now renamed the Maltese state.

This was followed by elections to the House of Representatives on February 17 and 19, 1962 , from which the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) Borg Oliviers emerged as the winner with 25 of the 50 seats. The Partit Laburista (PL) Mintoffs lost seven seats and only had 16 seats. The Christian Workers' Party (CWP) got four seats, the Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP) got four seats, while the Progressive Constitutionalist Party (PCP) got only one seat.

A referendum for an independent constitution was held from May 2 to May 4, 1964. On September 21, 1964, Malta was granted independence from Great Britain under a constitutional monarch with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, making the islands an independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations . The Roman Catholic Church then became a state church. At the same time, Great Britain paid subsidies to Malta against the provision of bases for NATO as well .

After the PN victory in the March 26-28, 1966 elections, Borg Olivier formed his fifth cabinet .

minister

Office Surname Political party Remarks
Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Planning Ġorġ Borg Olivier Partit Nazzjonalista at the same time finance minister between 1963 and 1964 and foreign minister
since 21 September 1964
Finance minister Giovanni Felice
George Borg Olivier
Tommaso Caruana Demajo 		Partit Nazzjonalista
Partit Nazzjonalista
Partit Nazzjonalista		 Felice: term of office 1962 to 1963
Borg Olivier: term of office 1963 to 1964, also Prime Minister
Caruana Demajo: term of office 1964 to 1966
Minister for Industry and Tourism Giovanni Felice Partit Nazzjonalista also Finance Minister from 1962 to 1963
Minister of Education Antonio Paris Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Communications Carmelo Caruana Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister of Justice Giovanni Felice
Tommaso Caruana Demajo		 Partit Nazzjonalista
Partit Nazzjonalista		 Felice: term of office 1962 to 1963
Caruana Demajo: term of office 1963 to 1966, also Minister of Finance from 1964 to 1966
Minister for Labor, Emigration and Social Services Alexander Cachia Zammit Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister of Health Paul Borg Olivier Partit Nazzjonalista

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Göttingen 2008, p. 1525