Agatha Barbara

Agatha Barbara
3rd President of Malta
In office
15 February 1982 – 15 February 1987
Prime MinisterDom Mintoff
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
Preceded byAlbert Hyzler (Acting); Anton Buttigieg
Succeeded byPaul Xuereb (Acting); Ċensu Tabone
Personal details
Born(1923-03-11)11 March 1923
Żabbar, Malta
Died4 February 2002(2002-02-04) (aged 78)
Żabbar, Malta
Resting placeŻabbar Cemetery
Political partyLabour Party
Awards 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 Balkan Mountains 1st Class
Order of the National Flag 1st Class
Nishan-e-Pakistan

Agatha Barbara, KUOM (11 March 1923 – 4 February 2002)[1] was a Maltese politician, having served as a Labour Member of Parliament and Minister. She was the first woman to serve as president of Malta, and remains the longest-serving woman Member of Parliament in Maltese political history.