Cabinet of Sant

The Maltese Sant Cabinet was formed on October 28, 1996 by Prime Minister Dom Mintoff of the Partit Laburista (PL). It replaced Mintoff's fourth cabinet and was in office until September 6, 1998.

history

In the new elections for the House of Representatives carried out on October 26, 1996 , the ruling Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) of Prime Minister Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami suffered a defeat. The Partit Laburista under its new chairman Alfred Sant received 132,497 votes (50.7 percent) and was able to have 35 members in the House of Representatives, which had again increased to 69 seats. The PN in turn received 124,864 votes (47.8 percent) to unite and got 34 seats. Thereupon Alfred Sant Fenech replaced Adami as prime minister and formed his cabinet on October 28, 1996.

Sant then ended the previous government's pro-European policy and withdrew the application for membership in the European Union (EU). In the early elections to the House of Representatives on September 5, 1998, the until then opposition Partit Nazzjonalista of Fenech Adami was able to achieve an electoral victory over the Partit Laburista (PL) of Prime Minister Sant. The PN won 137,037 votes (51.8 percent) and had a clear absolute majority with 35 of the 65 seats in parliament. The PL got 124,220 votes (47.0 percent) and lost five seats and only had 30 MPs because the House of Representatives was reduced to 65 seats again. Fenech Adami then formed his fourth cabinet on February 6, 1998 .

cabinet

The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Office	Surname	Political party	Remarks
Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Minister for Gozo	Alfred Sant	Partit Laburista
Foreign Minister and Environment Minister	George Vella	Partit Laburista
Minister of Education and National Culture	Evarist Bartolo	Partit Laburista
Minister for Social Security	Edwin Grech	Partit Laburista
Industry Minister	John Attard Montalto	Partit Laburista	since March 26, 1997 also Minister for Economic Affairs
Minister for Public Works and Construction	Charles Buhagiar	Partit Laburista
Minister for Health, Elderly Care and Families	Michael Farrugia	Partit Laburista
Minister of Commerce	Leo Brincat	Partit Laburista	since March 26, 1997 also Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance and Economy	Lino Spiteri	Partit Laburista	Term of office October 28, 1996 until resignation on March 26, 1997, then division of the ministry
Minister of Justice and Local Administration	Charles Mangion Gavin Gulia	Partit Laburista Partit Laburista	Mangion: term of office October 28, 1996 to resignation on March 3, 1998 Gulia: term of office March 4 to September 6, 1998
Tourism Minister	Karmenu Vella	Partit Laburista
Housing Minister	Alfred "Freddie" Portelli	Partit Laburista
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	Noel Farrugia	Partit Laburista
Minister without portfolio to the Prime Minister	Joe Mizzi	Partit Laburista

The Cabinet consisted of the following Parliamentary Secretaries:

Office	Surname	Political party	Remarks
Parliamentary secretary for the self-employed	Gavin Gulia	Partit Laburista	Minister for Justice and Local Administration since February 4, 1998
Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Sports and the Arts	Joe Cilia	Partit Laburista
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Gozo	Anton Refalo	Partit Laburista
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Women's Rights	Helena Dalli	Partit Laburista
Parliamentary Secretary for Elderly Care	Louis Buhagiar	Partit Laburista

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. ↑ The Ministry of Finance was taken over by Minister of Commerce Brincat on March 26, 1997, while the Ministry of Economic Affairs was taken over by Minister of Industry, Attard Montalto.