Dom Mintoff

Dom Mintoff
Mintoff in 1974
8th Prime Minister of Malta
In office
21 June 1971 – 22 December 1984
MonarchElizabeth II
PresidentAnthony Mamo
Anton Buttigieg
Albert Hyzler (Acting)
Agatha Barbara
Governors‑GeneralMaurice Henry Dorman
Anthony Mamo
Preceded byGiorgio Borg Olivier
Succeeded byKarmenu Mifsud Bonnici
In office
11 March 1955 – 26 April 1958
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRobert Laycock
Preceded byGiorgio Borg Olivier
Succeeded byGeorge Borg Olivier (1962)
4th Leader of the Malta Labour Party
In office
16 October 1949 – 22 December 1984
Preceded byPaul Boffa
Succeeded byKarmenu Mifsud Bonnici
Personal details
Born6 August 1916
Cospicua, Malta
Died20 August 2012(2012-08-20) (aged 96)
Tarxien, Malta
Resting placeAddolorata Cemetery
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse
Moyra de Vere Bentinck
(m. 1947; died 1997)
Children
Residence(s)Bormla, Tarxien
EducationDe La Salle College (Malta)
Archbishop's Seminary
Alma materUniversity of Malta
B.Sc, B.E. & A.
Hertford College
M.A. (Oxon)
OccupationPolitician, architect, civil engineer
AwardsRhodes 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
Websitehttp://duminkumintoff.com

Dominic Mintoff KUOM (Maltese: Duminku Mintoff, [dʊmˈɪnku mˈɪntɒff]; often called il-Perit, "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012)[1] 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.[2] 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,[3][4][5] but was later on marred by a stagnant economy, a rise in authoritarianism and outbreaks of political violence.[6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ Cyprus, Greece, and Malta. Britanncia Educational Publishing. 1 June 2013. ISBN 9781615309856. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Dom Mintoff. Retrieved 20 February 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Briguglio, Michael (October 2001). "3" (PDF). The Malta Labour Party in Perspective: 1920-87 (Sociology M.A.). University of Malta. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ^ Carmen Sammut (2007). Media and Maltese Society. Lexington Books. p. 35. ISBN 9780739115268. Retrieved 20 August 2012 – via Books.google.com.
  5. ^ "Dom Mintoff, Malta's political giant, passes away". Times of Malta. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Dom Mintoff". The Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Dom Mintoff, a dominant figure in Malta for 30 years, did great harm to his country". Catholic Herald. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. ^ "CIA Files Show 20 Years Of Paranoia About Dom Mintoff". Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Court finds in favour of National Bank shareholders". The Malta Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2018.