Cabinet Fenech Adami I

The Maltese Fenech Adami I cabinet was formed on May 12, 1987 by Prime Minister Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami of the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN). It replaced Mifsud Bonniċi's cabinet and was in office until May 3, 1990.

history

Edward Fenech Adami

In the House of Representatives elections on May 9, 1987, the previously ruling Partit Laburista (PL) of Prime Minister Carmelo "Karmenu" Mifsud Bonniċi suffered a narrow defeat against the previously opposition Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) under its chairman Eddie Fenech Adami. The PN achieved 119,721 votes (50.9 percent) and was able to improve by four mandates, so that it now had 35 seats in the House of Representatives. Mifsud Bonniċi's PL got 114,936 votes (48.9 percent) and retained its 34 seats as the number of seats in the House of Representatives was increased from 65 to 69.

Fenech Adami then replaced Mifsud Bonniċi as prime minister on May 12, 1987, and then formed his first cabinet. This was the Partit Nazzjonalista's first government in almost 16 years. One of the reasons for the PN's election victory was that it had stood up for an end to the dispute with the Roman Catholic Church , all of whose church property on the islands had been expropriated on June 29, 1983 by the then fourth Mintoff cabinet .

From December 2 to 4, 1989, during the term of office of President Ċensu Tabone, a meeting took place in Malta between Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU , who had been in power in the Soviet Union (USSR) since 1985 , and Mikhail Gorbachev , who succeeded him on January 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan's new-in-office US President George Bush . The talks and negotiations could not be held alternately on the two warships " Slawa " and " Belknap " - as planned - due to a persistent violent storm , but instead took place on the Russian cruise ship " Maxim Gorki ". For the first time, a Soviet-American meeting ended with a joint press conference. Gorbachev described the meeting as "the beginning of the end of the Cold War".

In contrast to the governments of the PL, especially during the tenure of long-time Prime Minister Dom Mintoff , during the tenure of Prime Minister Fenech Adami there was a stronger orientation towards Western democracies. After an extensive government reshuffle , Fenech Adami formed his second cabinet on May 3, 1990 .

cabinet

The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Office	Surname	Political party	Remarks
prime minister	Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami	Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs	Guido de Marco	Partit Nazzjonalista
Foreign minister	Ċensu Tabone Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami	Partit Nazzjonalista Partit Nazzjonalista	Tabone: term of office May 12, 1987 until resignation on March 16, 1989 Resignation due to the election of President Fenech Adami: term of office March 16, 1989 to May 3, 1990
Minister of Education	Ugo Mifsud Bonniċi	Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister of Social Affairs	Louis Galea	Partit Nazzjonalista
Finance minister	George Bonello Dupuis	Partit Nazzjonalista
Infrastructure Minister	Michael Falzon	Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister for Production Development	Lawrence Gatt	Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister for Tertiary Development	Emanuel Bonnici	Partit Nazzjonalista
Minister for Gozo	Anton Tabone	Partit Nazzjonalista

The Cabinet consisted of the following Parliamentary Secretaries:

Office	Surname	Political party	Remarks
Parliamentary Secretary for Health	George Hyzler	Partit Nazzjonalista
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors	John Rizzo Naudi	Partit Nazzjonalista
Parliamentary Secretary for Housing	Joe Cassar	Partit Nazzjonalista
Parliamentary Secretary for Water and Energy	Anthony "Ninu" Zammit	Partit Nazzjonalista
Parliamentary Secretary for Post and Telecommunications	Pierre Muscat	Partit Nazzjonalista	Died in office on April 5, 1990
Parliamentary Secretary for Industry	John Dalli	Partit Nazzjonalista
Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism	Michael Refalo	Partit Nazzjonalista
Parliamentary Secretary for Maritime Affairs	Joe Fenech	Partit Nazzjonalista

Web links

• Ministerial Cabinets since 1921 in Maltese History & Hertítage
• Maltese Key Ministries (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Göttingen 2008, p. 1525
2. ↑ Michail Gorbatschow: Memories , Wolf Jobst Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1995. Quoted from: btb Taschenbuch im Goldmann Verlag, 1996, p. 692 ff.