President of Malta

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head of state public office

The President of Malta is the republic’s non-executive head of state, serving as a largely ceremonial figure who represents national unity and performs constitutional and diplomatic duties.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
President tar-Repubblika ta’ Malta	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Malta ⓘ surface form: Republic of Malta
appointedBy	Parliament of Malta ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of Malta
associatedBody	Office of the President of Malta ⓘ
ceremonialFunction	opens the legislature with the Speech from the Throne or equivalent address ⓘ receives foreign ambassadors ⓘ represents Malta at state ceremonies ⓘ undertakes state visits abroad ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of Malta ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	largely ceremonial ⓘ
country	Malta ⓘ
currentHolder	Myriam Spiteri Debono ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate	4 April 2024 ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	must be a citizen of Malta ⓘ must be qualified for election to the House of Representatives of Malta ⓘ
firstHolder	Anthony Mamo ⓘ
flag	Presidential Standard of Malta ⓘ
formationDate	13 December 1974 ⓘ
governmentForm	parliamentary republic ⓘ
insignia	Emblem of Malta ⓘ
location	Attard ⓘ
nativeLabel	President of Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: President tar-Repubblika ta’ Malta
nativeLanguage	Maltese ⓘ
nominator	Prime Minister of Malta ⓘ
oathRequired	oath to uphold the Constitution of Malta ⓘ
officialLanguageUsed	English ⓘ Maltese ⓘ
power	appoints Prime Minister of Malta ⓘ appoints members to certain constitutional bodies ⓘ appoints other ministers on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ confers state honours and decorations ⓘ exercises prerogative of mercy in Malta ⓘ may dissolve Parliament in circumstances defined by the Constitution ⓘ promulgates laws passed by the Parliament of Malta ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Governor-General of Malta ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Malta ⓘ
residence	San Anton Palace ⓘ
residenceType	official residence ⓘ
role	ceremonial head of state ⓘ guardian of the Constitution of Malta ⓘ non-executive head of state ⓘ representative of the Maltese state in diplomatic matters ⓘ symbol of national unity ⓘ
seat	San Anton Palace ⓘ
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
termRenewable	not immediately renewable by convention ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor-General of Malta → followedBy → President of Malta ⓘ

Malta → headOfStateTitle → President of Malta ⓘ

President of Malta → nativeLabel → President of Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: President tar-Repubblika ta’ Malta