Maltese Government 2017–2022

The Maltese Government 2017–2022 was the Government of Malta from 9 June 2017 till 20 February 2022. The Maltese government is elected through a General Election for a five-year term. The Head of Government during the earlier period of the legislature was Joseph Muscat. On 13 January 2020, Muscat stepped down as Prime Minister and, following an earlier internal election within the party’s structures, Robert Abela was nominated and sworn in as the Head of Government for the later period of the legislature. The Labour Party won a majority following a snap election which was held on 3 June 2017.^[2] Parliament was dissolved on 20 February 2022 and the date of the election was set to 26 March 2022.^[3]

Maltese Government 2017–22
22nd Cabinet of Malta
Incumbent
Date formed	9 June 2017
Date dissolved	20 February 2022
People and organisations
Head of state	Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (2017–2019) George Vella (2019–present)
Head of government	Joseph Muscat (2017–2020) Robert Abela (2020–present)
No. of ministers	17
Member party	Labour Party
Opposition party	Nationalist Party Democratic Party (2017–19) Independent (2019–2022)[1]
Opposition leader	Simon Busuttil (2017) Adrian Delia (2017–2020) Bernard Grech (2020–present)
History
Election	2017 general election
Predecessor	Maltese Government 2013–17
Successor	Maltese Government 2022–27

Muscat Ministry 2017-2020

Portfolio	Minister		Political party	Assumed office	Left office
Prime Minister		Joseph Muscat	Labour	5 June 2017	13 January 2020
Deputy Prime Minister		Chris Fearne	Labour	13 July 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for the Economy, Investment, and Small Business		Christian Cardona	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Education and Employment		Evarist Bartolo	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Health		Chris Fearne	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Environment, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change		José Herrera	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Family and Children's Rights		Michael Falzon	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Finance		Edward Scicluna	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Promotion		Carmelo Abela	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Gozo		Justyne Caruana	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Home Affairs and National Security		Michael Farrugia	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Justice, Culture, and Local Government		Owen Bonnici	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for European Affairs and Equality		Helena Dalli	Labour	9 June 2017	25 July 2019
		Edward Zammit Lewis	Labour	25 July 2019	13 January 2020
Minister for Tourism		Konrad Mizzi	Labour	9 June 2017	26 November 2019
Minister for Energy and Water Management		Joe Mizzi	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects		Ian Borg	Labour	9 June 2017	13 January 2020

Abela Ministry 2020-2022

Portfolio	Minister	Political party		Assumed office	Left office
Prime Minister	Robert Abela	Labour		13 January 2020	20 February 2022
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Health	Chris Fearne	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for the Economy and Industry	Silvio Schembri	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning	Aaron Farrugia	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for Social Justice & Solidarity, Family and Children's Rights	Michael Falzon	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for European & Foreign Affairs	Evarist Bartolo	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for Home Affairs, Law Enforcement and National Security	Byron Camilleri	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects	Ian Borg	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for National Heritage, Arts and Local Government	José Herrera	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for Social Accommodation	Roderick Galdes	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister within OPM (Social Dialogue and the Electoral Manifesto's Implementation)	Carmelo Abela	Labour		15 January 2020	20 February 2022
Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights	Anton Refalo	Labour		21 January 2020 [RS 1]	20 February 2022
Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries, Animal's Rights and Consumer Protection	Clint Camilleri	Labour		15 January 2020	20 January 2020 [RS 1]
Minister for Gozo	Clint Camilleri	Labour		20 January 2020 [RS 1]	20 February 2022
Minister for Gozo	Justyne Caruana	Labour		15 January 2020	19 January 2020 [RS 1]
Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection	Clayton Bartolo	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Minister for Tourism	Julia Farrugia Portelli	Labour		15 January 2020	23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Inclusion and Social Wellbeing	Julia Farrugia Portelli	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Minister for Justice and Governance	Edward Zammit Lewis	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Minister for Justice, Equality and Governance	Edward Zammit Lewis	Labour		15 January 2020	23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Equality, Innovation, Research and the Co-ordination of the post Covid-19 Strategy	Owen Bonnici	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Minister for Education and Sport	Clifton Grima	Labour		27 December 2021 [RS 3]	20 February 2022
Minister for Education	Justyne Caruana	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	27 December 2021 [RS 3]
Minister for Education and Employment	Owen Bonnici	Labour		15 January 2020	23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Finance and Employment	Clyde Caruana	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Minister for Finance and Financial Services	Edward Scicluna	Labour		15 January 2020	22 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development	Miriam Dalli	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Minister for Energy and Water Management	Michael Farrugia	Labour		15 January 2020	23 November 2020 [RS 2]
Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing	Michael Farrugia	Labour		23 November 2020 [RS 2]	20 February 2022
Reshuffle resulting from Justyne Caruana's first resignation from cabinet. Reshuffle resulting from Edward Scicluna's resignations from parliament and cabinet. Reshuffle resulting from Justyne Caruana’s resignation from parliament and second resignation from cabinet.