List of prime ministers of Malta

Fourteen people have served as prime minister of Malta since the office was established in 1921. The post did not exist in the period between 1933 and 1947 and also in the period between 1958 and 1962.

Political parties

  Political Union   Nationalist Party   Constitutional Party   Labour Party   Workers Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Joseph Howard (1862–1925)	1921	26 October 1921	13 October 1923	1 year, 352 days	Political Union
2		Francesco Buhagiar (1876–1934)	—	13 October 1923	22 September 1924	345 days	Political Union
3		Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942)	1924	22 September 1924	1 August 1927	2 years, 313 days	Nationalist Party
4		Gerald Strickland (1861–1940)	1927	9 August 1927	21 June 1932	4 years, 317 days	Constitutional Party
(3)		Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942)	1932	21 June 1932	2 November 1933	1 year, 134 days	Nationalist Party
Office Abolished (2 November 1933 – 4 November 1947)
5		Paul Boffa (1890–1962)	1947	4 November 1947	15 October 1949	2 years, 326 days	Labour Party
(5)			—	15 October 1949	26 September 1950		Workers Party
6		Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950)	1950	26 September 1950	20 December 1950	85 days	Nationalist Party
7		Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980)	—	20 December 1950	May 1951	4 years, 81 days	Nationalist Party
			1951	May 1951	December 1953
			1953	December 1953	11 March 1955
8		Dom Mintoff (1916–2012)	1955	11 March 1955	26 April 1958	3 years, 46 days	Labour Party
Office Abolished (26 April 1958 – 5 March 1962)
(7)		Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980)	1962	5 March 1962	March 1966	9 years, 108 days	Nationalist Party
			1966	March 1966	21 June 1971
(8)		Dom Mintoff (1916–2012)	1971	21 June 1971	18 September 1976	13 years, 184 days	Labour Party
			1976	18 September 1976	12 December 1981
			1981	12 December 1981	22 December 1984
9		Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (born 1933)	—	22 December 1984	12 May 1987	2 years, 141 days	Labour Party
10		Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934)	1987	12 May 1987	22 February 1992	9 years, 169 days	Nationalist Party
			1992	22 February 1992	28 October 1996
11		Alfred Sant (born 1948)	1996	28 October 1996	6 September 1998	1 year, 313 days	Labour Party
(10)		Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934)	1998	6 September 1998	12 April 2003	5 years, 199 days	Nationalist Party
			2003	12 April 2003	23 March 2004
12		Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953)	—	23 March 2004	10 March 2008	8 years, 353 days	Nationalist Party
			2008	10 March 2008	11 March 2013
13		Joseph Muscat (born 1974)	2013	11 March 2013	3 June 2017	6 years, 308 days	Labour Party
			2017	3 June 2017	12 January 2020
14		Robert Abela (born 1977)	—	12 January 2020	Incumbent	114 days	Labour Party