List of ministers for foreign affairs of Malta

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta
Coat of arms of the Republic of Malta
Incumbent Ian Borg since 30 March 2022
Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Palazzo Parisio
Formation	21 September 1964
First holder	Giorgio Borġ Olivier

This is a list of ministers for foreign affairs of Malta. The ministry was established in 1964, and is now housed at Palazzo Parisio and other buildings in Valletta.

List

Political parties

  Nationalist Party

  Labour Party

Minister for Foreign Affairs			Term of office				Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	No.	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980)		21 September 1964	21 June 1971	6 years, 273 days	Nationalist Party
2		Dom Mintoff (1916–2012)		21 June 1971	20 December 1981	10 years, 182 days	Labour Party
3		Alex Sceberras Trigona (born 1950)		20 December 1981	12 May 1987	5 years, 143 days	Labour Party
4		Ċensu Tabone (1913–2012)		12 May 1987	16 March 1989	1 year, 308 days	Nationalist Party
5		Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934)		16 March 1989	5 May 1990	1 year, 50 days	Nationalist Party
6		Guido de Marco (1931–2010)	1st	5 May 1990	28 October 1996	6 years, 176 days	Nationalist Party
7		George Vella (born 1942)	1st	29 October 1996	6 September 1998	1 year, 312 days	Labour Party
(6)		Guido de Marco (1931–2010)	2nd	8 September 1998	24 March 1999	197 days	Nationalist Party
8		Joe Borg (born 1952)		24 March 1999	23 March 2004	4 years, 365 days	Nationalist Party
9		John Dalli (born 1948)		23 March 2004	3 July 2004	102 days	Nationalist Party
10		Michael Frendo (born 1955)		3 July 2004	12 March 2008	3 years, 253 days	Nationalist Party
11		Tonio Borg (born 1957)		12 March 2008	28 November 2012	4 years, 261 days	Nationalist Party
12		Francis Zammit Dimech (born 1954)		28 November 2012	13 March 2013	105 days	Nationalist Party
(7)		George Vella (born 1942)	2nd	13 March 2013	7 June 2017	4 years, 86 days	Labour Party
13		Carmelo Abela (born 1972)		7 June 2017	15 January 2020	2 years, 222 days	Labour Party
14		Evarist Bartolo (born 1952)		15 January 2020	30 March 2022	2 years, 74 days	Labour Party
15		Ian Borg (born 1986)		30 March 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 269 days	Labour Party

Gallery

List of the ministers at Palazzo Parisio

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Paintings of the ministers at Palazzo Parisio

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See also

• Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs (Malta)
• Government of Malta

Sources

• Maltese ministries, etc – Rulers.org