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Malta  
   
[Knights of Malta]
            26 Oct 1530 - 22 Jun 1798
 
[French Flag]
            22 Jun 1798 - 5 Sep 1800 
 
[Flag of the United Kingdom]
                        5 Sep 1800 - 1875
 
[State Ensign 1875-c.1898 (Malta)]
                          1875 - c.1898
 
[State Ensign c.1898 - 1923 (Malta)] 
                          c.1898 - 1923
 
[State Ensign 1923-1943 (Malta)]
                       1923 - 28 Dec 1943
 
[State Ensign 1943 - 1964 (Malta)]
                    28 Dec 1943 - 21 Sep 1964
 
[Civil Flag until 1943 (Malta)]
         to 1943 Unofficial Civil Ensign
 
[Malta]
                Adopted 21 Sep 1964 
 
Map of Malta
Hear National Anthem
"Innu Malti"
(Hymn of Malta) 
Text of Anthem
Anthem Adopted 1945
Constitution
(21 Sep 1964)
Capital: Valletta
(Citta Notabile [Mdina] to 1566)
Currency: Euro (EUR);
Maltese Lira (MTL)

1968 - 1 Jan 2008
 
National Holiday: 21 Sep (1964)
Independence Day
Population: 401,880 (2007)
GDP: $8.12 billion (2006) 
Exports: $2.42 billion (2006)
Imports: $4.07 billion (2006) 
Ethnic groups: Maltese 93.8%, British 2.1%,
Arab 2%, Italian 1.5%, other 0.6% (2000) 
Total Armed Forces: 2,140 (2003)
Merchant marine: 1,220 ships (2006)
Religions: Roman Catholic 94.5%, unaffiliated 
Christian 2.7%, non-religious 1%, Protestant 0.8%, 
Muslim 0.5%, other 0.5% (2000)
International Organizations/Treaties: AG, APM, BTWC, C, CE, CTBT, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, MIGA, NPT, NSG, NTBT, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Malta Index
Chronology

218 BC                     Roman rule.
395                        Part of Byzantine Empire.
827                        Under Arab rule.
1091                       Norman rule.
1101                       Part of the Kingdom of Sicily.
1190 - 20 Aug 1428         Lordship of Malta, fiefdom of Sicily.
1330 - 1382                Occupied by Aragón.
23 Mar 1530                Malta granted as a fiefdom to 
                             the Knights of St. John Hospitaller by Holy 
                             Roman Emperor Charles, but under the 
                             overlordship of Kingdom of "Sicily" (Naples).
26 Oct 1530                Knights of St. John Hospitaller take possession.
18 May 1565 -  8 Sep 1565  Ottoman siege of Malta.
12 Jun 1798                Knights of Malta capitulate to France; Malta
                             is annexed by France, but not departmentalized. 
 2 Sep 1798                Maltese rebellion begins; French lose Gozo, 
                             Comino, and parts of Malta.
 9 Sep 1799                British troops begin invasion.
 5 Sep 1800                Capitulation of Valetta to the British.
25 Mar 1802                French claim extinguished by Treaty of Amiens
                             which stipulates Malta was to be restored
                             to Knights of St. John and British to withdraw;
                             these provisions are not carried out, British
                             occupation continues.
25 Mar 1802 - 30 Mar 1814  Sovereignty over Malta disputed by U.K.,
                             the Knights of Malta, Kingdom of Sicily 
                             "Naples" (as nominal suzerain), and later France.
30 Mar 1814                British possession confirmed by Treaty of Paris.
30 May 1814                British crown colony.
26 Oct 1921 -  2 Nov 1933  British colony (self-rule).
 2 Nov 1933                British crown colony.
 4 Nov 1947 - 26 Apr 1958  Self-rule. 
 1 Nov 1961                State of Malta
 5 Mar 1962                Self-rule restored.
21 Sep 1964                Independence from Britain (State of Malta).
13 Dec 1974                Republic of Malta (Repubblika Ta' Malta).

Gozo
(1550-1814, 1987-)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lords
1190 - 1197                Margaritone da Brindisi 
                             principi di Taranto, 
                             ducca di Durazzo
1197 - 1204                Guglielmo da Brindisi "the Fat"
1204 - 1265                Enrico Pistore
1265 - 1266                Nicolò Pistore
1285 - 1296                Lucina Pistore (f) -Lady
1296 - 1330                Ruggiero de Flor
1330 - 1338                Guglielmo 
1342 - 1348                Giovanni, ducca di Athena
1348 - 1350                Pietro Federico
1350 - 1357                under Royal rule
1357 - 1360                Nicolò, Angelo, Roberto Acciajoli
1360 - 1362                Guidone Ventimiglia,
                             conti di Golifano
1362 - 1366                under Royal rule
1366                       Manfredi Chiaramonte
1366 - 1377                under Royal rule
1377 - 1382                Guglielmo d'Aragona
1382 - 1387                under Royal rule
1387 - 1391                Giacomo d'Alagona
1391                       Giovanna d'Alagona -Lady
1391 - 1393                Guglielmo Raimondo de 
                             de Moncada (1st time)
1393                       Artale d'Alagona
1393 - 1397                Guglielmo Raimondo de 
                             de Moncada (2nd time)
1397 - 1420                under Royal rule
1420 - 1425                Antonio Cardona, viceroy of Sicily
1425 - 1428?               Gonsalvo Monroy
20 Aug 1428 - 1530         under Royal rule
Lieutenant governors (styled Capitano della Verga di Malta)
(for the kings of Sicily "Naples")
1356 - 1372                Giacomo Pellegrino 
1372 - 1399                Guglielmo Murina 
1399 - 1403                Giulio Ricciari
16 Oct 1403 - 1406         Francesco Gatto (1st time)         (d. 1442)
1406 - 1413                Francesco Giovanni di Santa Colomba 
1413 - 1414                Diego de Portocarrero 
1414 - 1415                Diego della Terrazza 
1415 - 1418                Lupo Terrazza 
1418 - 1428                Ruggiero de Serriano 
1428 - 1429                Paolo de Pellegrino 
1429 - 1431                Antonio Inguanez (1st time)        (d. 1458)
1431 - 1433                Francesco Gatto (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1433 - 1438                Antonio Inguanez (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1438 - 1439                Francesco Platamone 
1439 - 1440                Antonio Inguanez (3rd time)        (s.a.)
1440 - 1454                Angeraldo Gatto Inguanez           (d. 1472)
1454 - 1455                Carlo di Paterno
1455 - 1456                Nardo de Bordino 
1456 - 1457                Stefano Pirrera 
1457 - 1458                Giovanni de Xabica 
1458 - 1460                Pietro Giovanni de Mazara 
1460 - 1461                Pietro de Valdes 
1461 - 1462                Bartolomeo de Clementis
1462 - 1466                Paolo de Nasis 
1466 - 1467                Raimondo de Parisio
1467 - 1468                Giovanni de Mazara (1st time)
1468 - 1470                Tristano de Guevara
1470 - 1471                Giorgio de Xabica (1st time)
1471 - 1473                Giovanni de Mazara (2nd time)
1473 - 1474                Simone de Mazara (1st time)
1474 - 1475                Giovanni de Mazara (3rd time)
1475 - 1476                Giorgio de Xabica (2nd time)
1476 - 1477                Giovanni di Mazara (4th time)
1477 - 1479                Simone di Mazara (2nd time)
1479 - 1480                Giovani de Guevara (1st time)
1480 - 1481                Giorgio de Xabica (3rd time)
1481 - 1482                Torrea de Guevara 
1482 - 1484                Pietro de Ribera
1484 - 1486                Pietro de Valdes 
1486 - 1487                Simone di Mazara (3rd time)
1487 - 1493                Carlo de Guevara 
1493 - 1500                Antonio Gatto Inguanez
1500 - 1513                Giovanni de Guevara (2nd time)
1513 - 1514                Giacomo Falsone 
1514 - 1516                Manfredo Caxaro 
1516 - 1517                Matteo de Guevara
1517 - 1518                Giovanni di Mazara (1st time)
1518 - 1519                Ambrogio Falsone (1st time)
1519 - 1520                Luguterra de Nava
1520 - 1521                Giovanni de Mazara (2nd time)
1521 - 1522                Pietro de Stuniga
1522 - 1522                Leonardo de Bordino 
1522 - 1524                Ambrogio Falsone (2nd time)
1524 - 1525                Giovanni di Mazara (3rd time)
1525 - 1526                Michele Falsone 
1526 - 1527                Pietro Falsone 
1527 - 1528                Giovanni de Nava 
1528 - 26 Oct 1530         Antonio Inguanez
Grand masters
26 Oct 1530 - 12 Jun 1798  the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Commandant
12 Jun 1798 -  5 Sep 1800  Claude Henri Belgrand de Vaubois   (b. 1748 - d. 1839)
Commissioners
22 Jun 1798 -  9 Nov 1799  Regnaud de Saint Jean d'Angely     (b. 1760 - d. 1819)
10 Nov 1799 -  5 Sep 1800  Pierre Jean Louis Ovide Doublet    (b. 1754 - d. 1824)
Presidents of the Provisional Government (in rebellion)
 2 Sep 1798 - 11 Feb 1799  Emanuele Vitale                    (b. 1759 - d. 1802)
                           + Francesco Saverio Caruana        (b. 1759 - d. 1847)
11 Feb 1799 -  8 Sep 1800  Alexander John Ball                (b. 1757 - d. 1809)
British representatives
 9 Sep 1799 -  8 Sep 1800  Thomas Graham                      (b. 1748 - d. 1843)
                             (commander of British forces)
 8 Sep 1800 - 19 Feb 1801  Alexander John Ball                (s.a.)
19 Feb 1801 - Jul 1801     Henry Pigot                        (b. 1750 - d. 1840)
Civil Commissioner
Jul 1801 -  5 Jun 1802     Charles Cameron                    (b. 1766? - d. 1820)
High Commissioners
16 May 1802 - May 1803     Sir Alexander John Ball (U.K.)     (s.a.)
                           + Honoré Vial (France)             (b. 1766 - d. 1813)
Civil Commissioners
May 1803 - 25 Oct 1809     Sir Alexander John Ball            (s.a.)
25 Oct 1809 - 1813         Sir Hildebrand Oakes               (b. 1754 - d. 1822) 
                             (acting to 30 Apr 1810)
Governors
1813 - 17 Jan 1824         Sir Thomas Maitland                (b. 1759 - d. 1824)
22 Mar 1824 - 28 Nov 1826  Francis Rawdon-Hastings,           (b. 1754 - d. 1826)
                             Marquess of Hastings 
28 Nov 1826 - 15 Feb 1827  Sir Alexander George Woodford      (b. 1782 - d. 1870)
                             (acting)
15 Feb 1827 - 30 Sep 1836  Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby   (b. 1783 - d. 1837)
May 1835 - 30 Sep 1836     Sir George Cardew 
                             (acting for Ponsonby)
 1 Oct 1836 - 1843         Sir Henry Frederic Bouverie        (b. 1783 - d. 1852)
1843 - Oct 1847            Sir Patrick Stuart                 (b. 1787 - d. 1855)
Oct 1847 - 13 May 1851     Richard More O'Ferrall             (b. 1797 - d. 1880)
13 May 1851 - 27 Oct 1851  Robert Ellice (acting)             (b. 1784 - d. 1856)
27 Oct 1851 - 1858         Sir William Reid                   (b. 1791 - d. 1858)
1858 - 15 Nov 1864         Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant       (b. 1803 - d. 1874)
15 Nov 1864 - 15 May 1867  Sir Henry Knight Storks            (b. 1811 - d. 1874)
15 May 1867 -  3 Jun 1872  Sir Patrick Grant                  (b. 1804 - d. 1895)
 3 Jun 1872 - 13 May 1878  Sir Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee (b. 1812 - d. 1892)
10 Jun 1878 - Apr 1884     Sir Arthur Borton                  (b. 1814 - d. 1893)
Apr 1884 - 28 Sep 1888     Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons    (b. 1821 - d. 1903)
28 Sep 1888 - Nov 1889     Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens          (b. 1833 - d. 1889)
1890 - 1893                Sir Henry Augustus Smyth           (b. 1825 - d. 1906)
1893 -  6 Jan 1899         Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle    (b. 1835 - d. 1901)
 6 Jan 1899 - 1903         Sir Francis Wallace                (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
                             (from 18 Jul 1902, Francis Wallace, Baron Grenfell) 
1903 - 1907                Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke       (b. 1839 - d. 1932)
1907 - 1909                Sir Henry Eugene Walter Grant      (b. 1855 - d. 1934)
1909 - Feb 1915            Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle    (b. 1856 - d. 1934)
Feb 1915 - May 1919        Paul Sanford, Baron Methuen        (b. 1845 - d. 1932)
                             of Corsham 
1919 - 1924                Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer,     (b. 1857 - d. 1932)
                             Baron Plumer 
1924 - 28 Feb 1927         Sir Walter Norris Congreve         (b. 1862 - d. 1927)
28 Feb 1927 - 1931         Sir John Philip du Cane            (b. 1865 - d. 1947)
Jan 1931 - 12 Mar 1936     Sir David Graham Muschet Campbell  (b. 1869 - d. 1936)
12 Mar 1936 - 1940         Sir Charles Bonham-Carter          (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
Apr 1940 - 1942            Sir William Dobbie                 (b. 1879 - d. 1964)
1942 - 26 Sep 1944         John Standish Surtees Prendergast  (b. 1886 - d. 1946)
                             Vereker, Viscount Gort
26 Sep 1944 - 10 Jul 1946  Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber (b. 1890 - d. 1972)
10 Jul 1946 - 16 Sep 1949  Francis Campbell Ross Douglas      (b. 1889 - d. 1980)
                             (from 1947, Sir Francis Campbell Ross Douglas) 
16 Sep 1949 -  3 Aug 1954  Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy           (b. 1897 - d. 1983)
 3 Aug 1954 - 13 Feb 1959  Sir Robert Edward Laycock          (b. 1907 - d. 1968)
13 Feb 1959 -  2 Jul 1962  Sir Guy Grantham                   (b. 1900 - d. 1992)
 2 Jul 1962 - 21 Sep 1964  Sir Maurice Henry Dorman           (b. 1902 - d. 1993)
Queen¹
21 Sep 1964 - 13 Dec 1974  the Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
21 Sep 1964 -  4 Jul 1971  Sir Maurice Henry Dorman           (s.a.)
 4 Jul 1971 - 13 Dec 1974  Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo            (b. 1909 - d. 2008)
Presidents
13 Dec 1974 - 27 Dec 1976  Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo            (s.a.)               Non-party
27 Dec 1976 - 27 Dec 1981  Anton Buttigieg                    (b. 1912 - d. 1983)  MLP
27 Dec 1981 - 15 Feb 1982  Albert Victor Hyzler (acting)      (b. 1916 - d. 1993)  MLP
15 Feb 1982 - 15 Feb 1987  Agatha Barbara (f)                 (b. 1923 - d. 2002)  MLP
15 Feb 1987 -  4 Apr 1989  Paul Xuereb (acting)               (b. 1923 - d. 1994)  MLP
 4 Apr 1989 -  4 Apr 1994  Censu Tabone                       (b. 1913)            PN
 4 Apr 1994 -  4 Apr 1999  Ugo Mifsud Bonnici                 (b. 1932)            PN
 4 Apr 1999 -  4 Apr 2004  Guido de Marco                     (b. 1931)            PN
 4 Apr 2004 -              Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami        (b. 1934)            PN

President of the Government Commission
22 Jun 1798 -  5 Sep 1800  Jean de Bosredon de Ransijat       (b. 1743 - d. 1812)
Prime ministers
26 Oct 1921 - 13 Oct 1923  Joseph Howard                      (b. 1862 - d. 1925)  UPM
13 Oct 1923 - 22 Sep 1924  Francesco Buhagiar                 (b. 1876 - d. 1934)  UPM
Sep 1924 - Aug 1927        Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1st time)     (b. 1889 - d. 1942)  PN
Aug 1927 - 21 Jun 1932     Gerald Strickland, Count Della     (b. 1861 - d. 1940)  CP
                             Catena, (from 1928) Baron Strickland 
21 Jun 1932 -  2 Nov 1933  Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (2nd time) (s.a.)               PN
 2 Nov 1933 -  4 Nov 1947  Post abolished
 4 Nov 1947 - 26 Sep 1950  Paul Boffa                         (b. 1890 - d. 1962) MLP;1949 MWP
26 Sep 1950 - 20 Dec 1950  Enrico Mizzi                       (b. 1885 - d. 1950)  PN
20 Dec 1950 - 11 Mar 1955  George Borg Olivier (1st time)     (b. 1911 - d. 1980)  PN
11 Mar 1955 - 26 Apr 1958  Dominic "Dom" Mintoff              (b. 1916)            MLP
26 Apr 1958 -  5 Mar 1962  Post abolished
 5 Mar 1962 - 21 Jun 1971  George Borg Olivier (2nd time)     (s.a.)               PN
21 Jun 1971 - 22 Dec 1984  Dominic "Dom" Mintoff              (s.a.)               MLP
22 Dec 1984 - 12 May 1987  Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici             (b. 1933)            MLP 
12 May 1987 - 28 Oct 1996  Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami        (s.a.)               PN
                             (1st time)
28 Oct 1996 -  6 Sep 1998  Alfred Sant                        (b. 1948)            MLP
 6 Sep 1998 - 23 Mar 2004  Edward "Eddie" Fenech Adami        (s.a.)               PN
                             (2nd time) 
23 Mar 2004 -              Lawrence Gonzi                     (b. 1953)            PN

  ¹Full style of the ruler 21 Sep 1964 - 13 Dec 1974: "By the Grace of God, Queen of Malta and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth"; in Malti: Regina ta'Malta.

Party abbreviations: MLP = Partit Laburista (Malta Labour Party, social-democratic);
PN = Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party, conservative);
- Former parties: CP = Constitutional Party; MWP = Malta Worker's Party (1949-1955 split from MLP); UPM = Unione Popolare Maltese (Maltese Popular Union 1926 merged with PDN [National Democratic Party] to form PN)



Gozo

[Gozo Coat of Arms (Malta)]
 
Map of Gozo
Capital: Victoria
(Rabat 1550-1887)
Population: 27,000 (2006)

1530                       Knights of St. John appoint a separate governor for
                             the island of Gozo
.
26 Jul 1551                Gozo sacked by Barbary pirate admiral Dragut Reis, most  
                             of the population is carried off as slaves.
12 Jun 1798 - 28 Oct 1798  French occupation.
18 Sep 1798 - 29 Oct 1798  Rebellion against French rule.
12 May 1987 - 28 Oct 1996  Limited local autonomy. 
 8 Sep 1998 -              Limited local autonomy. 

Governors
1530 – 1531                Giovanni de Soria
1531 – 1532                Antonio Platamone
1532 – 1533                Francesco Platamone (1st time)
1533 – 1534                Andrea Mannara
1534 – 1536                Bartolomeo Platamone
1536 – 1538                Francesco Platamone (2nd time)
1538 – 1539                Alonso de Montagnes
1539 – 1540                Didaco Cervantes de Bovadilla
1540 – 1542                ....
1542 – 1543                Calcerano Mompalao
1543 – 1544                ....
1544 – 1545                Alonso de Vagas
1545 – 1546                Nicolo Caxaro
1546 – 1548                ....
1548 – 1549                Giulio Savona
1549 – 1550                ....
1550 – 1551                Andrea Castelletti
1551 – 1553                Galatian de Sesse
1553 – 1560                Pedro de Olivares
1560 – 1561                Antoine de Fay (dit St.-Romain)
1561 – 1565                ....
1565 – 1566                Janotto Torrella
1566 – 1567                ....
1567 – 1568                Isidoro d'Arguiz
1568 – 1572                ....
1572 – 1573                Roderico Cortez
1573 – 1575                Nicola Tornaquinci
1575 – 1581
               ....
1581 – 1583                Bernard de Aldana
1583 – 1584                George Fortuyn
1584 – 1585                Octave de Castellane
1585 – 1586
               ....
1586 – 1587                Pietro Spina
1587 – 1596
               ....
c.1592/1595                Faustino Bulgarini
1596 – 1597                Pietro de Sangro
1597 – 1598                Giovanni Andrea Capece
1598 – 1599
               ....
1599 – 1601                Baldassare Manilla
1601 – 1602                Ferdinando Rosselimini
1602 – 1606
               ....
1606 – 1607                François Mansell Saint-Leger
1607 – 1610
               ....
1610 – 1612                Eugenio Ramirez Maldonato
1612 – 1613
               ....
1613 – 1614                Farnçois de Cremaulx
1614 – 1615                Jacques de Bovain dit Colubieres
1615 – 1616
               ....
1616 – 1617                Jean de Mars-Liviers
1617 – 1620                Jacques-Christophe de Andlau
1620 – 1623                Jean Claret
1623 – 1624                Pierre de Carvel-de-Merey
1624 – 1625
               ....
1625 – 1626                Jean-Baptiste de Galean-Chateauneuf
1626 – 1628
               ....
1628 – 1629                François du Puy-Trigonan
1629 – 1630
               ....
1630 – 1631                Jean de Tiembrune-Valence
1631 – 1633                Stefano del Portico
1633 – 1635                Alexandre de Benque
1635 – 1637                Henri de Lates-Entraygues
1637 – 1638
               ....
1638 – 1639                Honore de Lascaris
1639 – 1640                Jerome de Galean-Chateauneuf
1640 – 1641
               ....
1641 – 1642                Jean-Scipio de Grailles-Chalettes
1642 – 1644
               ....
1644 – 1645                Antoine Le Fort-Bennebost
1645 – 1646                Henri de Villeneuve-Thorens
1646 – 1647
               ....
1647 – 1648                Francisco de Salinas
1648 – 1649
               ....
1649 – 1650                Joseph de Panisse
1650 – 1651
               ....
1651 – 1652                Philibert de Cleron
1652 – 1653
               ....
1653 – 1654                Isidoro de Arguiz y Antillon
1654 – 1655                ....
1655 – 1656                François de Ventimille-Montpezat
1656 – 1657
               ....
1657 – 1658                François-Guillaume de Neulandt
1658 – 1660
               ....
1660 – 1661                Joseph del Vayo y Agreda
1661 – 1662                Raimo de Albito
c.1662                     Erasmo de Albito
1662 – 1663
               ....
1663 – 1664                Fabio Gori Pannellini
1664 – 1665                Giovanni Cassia
1664 – 1665
               ....
1665 – 1666                Ludovico Xedler y Gomez
1666 – 1670
               ....
1670 – 1671                Carlo de Quirault
1671 – 1673                Ottavio Tancredi
1673 – 1674                Louis Xedler y Gomez
1674 – 1676
               ....
1676 – 1677                Francisco de Cordoba
1677 – 1679                Etienne Pinto de Mirandal
1679 – 1680
               ....
1680 – 1681                Pietro Gorgona
1681 – 1682
               ....
1682 – 1683                Henri de Gratet de Dolmieu
1683 – 1684
               ....
1684 – 1685                Albert de Banquemare
1685 – 1686
               ....
1686 – 1687                Luigi Venato
1687 – 1688
               ....
1688 – 1689                Girolamo Albergotti
1689 – 1690
               ....
1690 – 1691                Ignazio Lores
1691 – 1692
               ....
1692 – 1693                Rene de Marconnay de Cursay
1693 – 1696                ....
1696 – 1697                Marc' Antoine de Galean
1697 – 1699                Octave de Galean
1699 – 1700                François du Hamel
1700 – 1701                ....
1701 – 1703                Charles-Louis de Dautesar-Doradur
1703 – 1704                George de La Rue
1704 – 1705                ....
1705 – 1706                Pierre-Nicholas Contet d'Aulanay
1706 – 1707                Cinto de Montfort
1707 – 1710                ....
1710 – 1711                Alessandro Battali
1711 – 1712                Claude Fontanet dela Valette
1712 – 1714                ....
1714 – 1715                Diego Garcia de Mula
1715 – 1716                ....
1716 – 1717                Pierre de Castellane
1717 – 1718                ....
1718 – 1719                Rene de Marbeuf
1719 – 1720                ....
1720 - 1721                Michel de Guast
1721 – 1722                ....
1722 – 1723                Paul-Anoine de Barbantane
1723 – 1729                ....
1729                       Giuseppe Cassar
c.1729                     Paolo Antonio de Viguier
1729 – 1730                ....  
1730 – 1731                Vincent de Vogue-Courdan
1731 – 1734                Paul-Antoine de Viguier
1734 – 1735                Hubert de Martenville
1735 – 1736                Pierre Dupeyroux
1736 – 1738                ....
1738 – 1739                Bernadin de Marbeuf
1739 – 1740                ....
1740 – 1741                Ervens de Quesnoy
1741 – 1742                ....
1742 – 1743                Karl Frederick Freiherr von
                             Remching
1743 – 1744                François-Alexandre de Vauchelle
1744 – 1745                Joseph-Gabriel d'Olivary
1745 – 1746                ....
1746 – 1747                Claude-Joseph de Castellane
1747 – 1748                ....
1748 – 1749                Charles de Guast (1st time)
1749 – 1750                ....
1750 – 1752                Pietro Sarsana
1752 – 1753                Charles-Auguste Grelier de Concise
                             (1st time)
1753 – 1754                ....
1754                       Charles-Auguste Grelier de Concise
                             (2nd time)
1754 - 1755                Alexandre Dussel de Chasteauvert
                             (1st time)
1755 – 1756                ....
1756 – 1757                Alexandre Dussel de Chasteauvert
                             (2nd time)
1757 - 1758                ....
1758 – 1759                Charles de Guast (2nd time)
1759 – 1764                ....
c.1760                     Francesco de Cordova
1764 – 1765                Bernardo Rondinelli
1765 – 1766                Charles de Guast (3rd time)
1766 – 1774                ....
1774 – 1775                
Klemens Fürst von Hohenlohe-       (b. 1732 - d. 1792)
                             Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1st time)
                           (Prince Clemente Armando Hohenlohe)
1775 – 1778                ....
1778 – 1779                Klemens Fürst von Hohenlohe-       (s.a.)
                             Waldenburg-Bartenstein (2nd time)

1779 – 1781                ....
1781 – 1782                Giuseppe Bonelli
1782 – 1784                ....
1784 – 1787                Ugolino Cambi
1787 – 1798                Gilberto-Maria des Boys
1798 - 12 Jun 1798         Pierre-Antoine-Charles de Meogrigny
                             de Villebertin
French Commander
12 Jun 1798 - 28 Oct 1798  Jean-Louis-Ebénézer Reynier        (b. 1771 - d. 1814)
18 Sep 1798 – 29 Oct 1798  Saver Cassar                       (b. 17.. - d. 1805)
                            (
head of government and superintendent; in rebellion)
Governor-general
29 Oct 1798 – 20 Aug 1801  Saver Cassar                       (s.a.)
Governors
20 Aug 1801 – 19 Oct 1802 
Emanuele Vitale                    (b. 1759 - d. 1802)
19 Oct 1802 – 15 Oct 1814  Filippo Castagna
Chief Civil officers
15 Oct 1814 - 1816         Robert Carter
 1 May 1816 - 1818         John Otto Bayer (1st time)
 3 Mar 1818 – 1818         Fraser
27 Jun 1818 – 1819         Gerard De Courcy
15 Dec 1819 -  1 Jun 1823  John Otto Bayer (2nd time)
Lieutenant governors
 1 Jun 1823 – 1826         John Otto Bayer
22 Sep 1826 -  1 Apr 1838  Charles Andrews Bayley             (b. 1782? - d. 1852)
Chief Civil officer
 1 Apr 1838 -  1 Jan 1850  Charles Andrews Bayley             (s.a.)
Chief Civil officers (non-official)
 1 Jan 1850 -  1 Jan 1859  Paolo Lanfranco
                             (collector of land revenue)
 1 Jan 1859 – 24 Nov 1880  Felice Mercieca

                             (deputy receiver-general)
1880 - 1884                Giuseppe Borg
                             (deputy receiver-general)

Assistant Secretaries to the Government

1884 - 1886                Sir Richard Micallef  
1886 - 1891                Paolo Trapani
1891 - 1899                Camillo Gatt
1899 - 1909                Edward Casolani
1909 - 1922                William C. Millard
15 May 1922 -  2 Jun 1922  
Alfonso Tonna Barthet
Commissioners for Gozo
 2 Jun 1922 - 1926         Alfonso Tonna Barthet (1st time)
1926 - 1927                Lorenzo Pace                       (b. 1897 - d. ....)
1927 - 1933
               Alfonso Tonna Barthet (2nd time)
1933 - 1934                Post abolished
1934 - 1935                Roger Farrugia
1936 - 1940                Joseph M. Borg Cardona             (b. 1891 - d. ....)
1940 - 1942                William Oscar Martin
1942 - 1944                George J. Ransley                  (b. 1900)
                             (agent commissioner)
1944 - 1956                Edgar G. Montanaro                 (b. 1903)
1956 - 1957                V.J. Castillo                      (b. 1913)
1958 - 1960                Joseph W. Attard (1st time)        (b. 1912)
1960 - 1961                Edgar Cassar                       (b. 1909)
1962 - 1965                Henry J. Fiteni                    (b. 1905)
1965 - 1969                J
oseph W. Attard (2nd time)        (s.a.)
1969 - 1972                Joseph M. Micallef
1972 -  4 Dec 1973         Reuben Bonello
Assistant Secretaries for Gozo Affairs (from 1987, subordinated to Ministry for Gozo)
1973 - 1981                Joseph Cefai                       (b. 1921 - d. 1996)  MLP
                             (from 1974, Secretary for Gozo Affairs)
1981 - 1993                Victor Vella Muscat                                     MLP

                             (from 1984, Secretary for Gozo Affairs)
Minister for Gozo

12 May 1987 - 28 Oct 1996  Anton Tabone                       (b. 1937)            PN 
Parliamentary Secretary for Gozo
28 Oct 1996 -  8 Sep 1998  Anton Refalo                                            MLP
Minister for Gozo
 8 Sep 1998 -              Giovanna Debono (f)                (b. 1956)            PN

Party abbreviations: MLP = Partit Laburista (Malta Labour Party, social-democratic);
PN = Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party, conservative)






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