Cabinet Mintoff II

The Maltese Cabinet Mintoff II was formed on June 21, 1971 by Prime Minister Dom Mintoff of the Partit Laburista (PL). It replaced the fifth Borg Olivier cabinet and remained in office until September 25, 1976.

history

Dom Mintoff (1974)

In the elections of June 12 and 14, 1971, the ruling Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) of Prime Minister Ġorġ Borg Olivier suffered a narrow defeat. The number of seats in the House of Representatives was increased from 50 to 55, of the Mintoffs PL 28 seats, while the PN Borg Oliviers got 27 seats. Mintoff then formed his second cabinet on June 21, 1971. In the following years there was a planned economy -oriented economic policy and a rapprochement with Libya .

On March 26, 1972, a new troop stationing agreement was concluded with Great Britain , which provided for British and NATO financial aid as well as EC funds for industrialization projects. In return, Malta allowed the British and NATO to continue to have a military presence and also undertook not to provide any Warsaw Pact state with facilities that could be used militarily. On December 13, 1974, Malta was proclaimed a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations and the new republican constitution was passed. At the same time, the Mintoff government decoupled the Maltese lira from the British pound sterling and terminated the troop stationing agreement with NATO. This meant that the troops had to withdraw by 1979.

In the elections to the House of Representatives on September 17 and 18, 1976, the mandates were again expanded from 55 to 65 seats, with the Partit Laburista Mintoffs accounting for 34 MPs and the Partit Nazzjonalista Borg Oliviers receiving 31 seats. The PL thus continued to have an absolute majority.

minister

Office	Surname	Political party	Remarks
Prime Minister, Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs	Dom Mintoff	Partit Laburista
Minister of Finance and Customs	Joseph "Guze" Abela	Partit Laburista
Minister for Education and Culture	Agatha Barbara Joseph "Guze" Cassar	Partit Laburista Partit Laburista	Barbara: term of office June 1971 to September 1974, then Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Cassar: term of office September 1974 to September 1976, previously Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Trade, Industry and Tourism	Joe Micallef Stafrace Paul Xuereb	Partit Laburista	Micallef Stafrace: term of office June to resignation in October 1971 Xuereb: term of office from October 1971 to September 1974 as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Trade, Industry and Tourism Term from September 1974 to September 1976 as Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	Alfred "Freddie" Micallef	Partit Laburista	Beginning of the term of office September 1974
Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Anton Buttiġieġ	Partit Laburista
Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security	Joseph "Guze" Cassar Agatha Barbara	Partit Laburista Partit Laburista	Cassar: term of office June 1971 to September 1974, then Minister for Education and Culture Barbara: term of office September 1974 to September 1976, previously Minister for Education and Culture
Minister of Health	Daniel Piscopo Albert Hyzler	Partit Laburista Partit Laburista	Piscopo: term of office June 1971 to September 1974 Hyzler: term of office September 1974 to September 1976, previously Minister for Economic Planning
Minister for Public Works	Lorry Sant	Partit Laburista
Minister for Economic Planning	Albert Hyzler Wistin Abela	Partit Laburista Partit Laburista	Hyzler: term of office June 1971 to September 1974, then Minister of Health Abela: since September 1974 Minister of Development
Minister of Post and Electricity	Daniel Piscopo	Partit Laburista	Term of office September 1974 to September 1976, previously Minister of Health
Junior Minister to the Minister of Finance	Wistin Abela	Partit Laburista	Development Minister since September 1974
Junior Minister to the Prime Minister	Patrick Holland	Partit Laburista	Minister for Housing and Land since September 30, 1974
Junior Minister to the Prime Minister	Paul Xuereb	Partit Laburista	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Trade, Industry and Tourism since October 1971
Junior Minister to the Minister for Industry and Agriculture	Alfred "Freddie" Micallef	Partit Laburista	Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries since September 1974

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. ↑ In September 1974 the previous ministry was split up and Alfred "Freddie" Micallef was the new Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries