Dom Mintoff
Dominic Mintoff KUOM (Maltese: Duminku Mintoff, [dʊmˈɪnku mˈɪntɒff]; often called il-Perit, "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012) was a Maltese Socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was 8th Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958, when Malta was still a British colony, and again, following independence, from 1971 to 1984. His tenure as Prime Minister saw the creation of a comprehensive welfare state, nationalisation of large corporations, a substantial increase in the general standard of living and the establishment of the Maltese republic, but was later on marred by a stagnant economy, a rise in authoritarianism and outbreaks of political violence.
The Honourable Dom Mintoff KUOM | |
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Mintoff in 1974 | |
| 8th Prime Minister of Malta | |
| In office 21 June 1971 – 22 December 1984 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Anthony Mamo Anton Buttigieg Albert Hyzler (Acting) Agatha Barbara |
| Governors‑General | Maurice Henry Dorman Anthony Mamo |
| Preceded by | Giorgio Borg Olivier |
| Succeeded by | Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici |
| In office 11 March 1955 – 26 April 1958 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Robert Laycock |
| Preceded by | Giorgio Borg Olivier |
| Succeeded by | George Borg Olivier (1962) |
| 4th Leader of the Malta Labour Party | |
| In office 16 October 1949 – 22 December 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Boffa |
| Succeeded by | Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1916 Cospicua, Malta |
| Died | 20 August 2012 (aged 96) Tarxien, Malta |
| Resting place | Addolorata Cemetery |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse |
Moyra de Vere Bentinck
(m. 1947; died 1997) |
| Children |
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| Residence(s) | Bormla, Tarxien |
| Education | De La Salle College (Malta) Archbishop's Seminary |
| Alma mater | University of Malta B.Sc, B.E. & A. Hertford College M.A. (Oxon) |
| Occupation | Politician, architect, civil engineer |
| Awards | Rhodes Scholarship Companion of Honour of the National Order of Merit Malta Self-Government Re-introduction Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Medal Malta Independence Fiftieth Anniversary Medal Order of the Republic of Libya Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights |
| Website | http://duminkumintoff.com |
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