Governor-General of Malta

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head of state office vice-regal office

The Governor-General of Malta was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Malta during its period as a Commonwealth realm before becoming a republic.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Governors-General of Malta 1
Gvernatur Ġenerali ta’ Malta 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
vice-regal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Malta ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
category Governor-General of Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governors-General of Malta
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Malta ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Malta (1964)
country Malta ⓘ
countryDuringOffice Malta ⓘ
surface form: Dominion of Malta
deFactoHeadOfStateFor Malta ⓘ
dissolved 1974-12-13 ⓘ
endTime 1974 ⓘ
firstHolder Maurice Henry Dorman ⓘ
flag Flag of the Governor-General of Malta ⓘ
flagCaption Standard of the Governor-General of Malta ⓘ
followedBy President of Malta ⓘ
governsInNameOf Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth II as Queen of Malta
hasJurisdiction Malta ⓘ
surface form: State of Malta
inception 1964-09-21 ⓘ
lastHolder Anthony Mamo ⓘ
location Malta ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
monarchDuringExistence Elizabeth II ⓘ
nativeLanguageName Governor-General of Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gvernatur Ġenerali ta’ Malta
nominatedBy Prime Minister of Malta ⓘ
officeCreatedAsResultOf Independence of Malta ⓘ
officeHolderOf de facto head of state of Malta ⓘ
officeScope national ⓘ
officeType ceremonial head of state ⓘ
representative of the monarch ⓘ
partOf Monarchy of Malta ⓘ
positionHeldBy British monarch’s representative in Malta ⓘ
precededBy Governor of Malta ⓘ
reasonForAbolition Malta becoming a republic within the Commonwealth ⓘ
reignContext Malta as a Commonwealth realm ⓘ
replaced colonial governorship of Malta ⓘ
replacedBy Office of the President of Malta ⓘ
represents British monarch ⓘ
surface form: British monarch in Malta

Malta in ceremonial functions ⓘ
residence San Anton Palace ⓘ
roleIn Commonwealth realms ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth realm of Malta
seat Attard ⓘ
startTime 1964 ⓘ
style Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
termLength served at the monarch’s pleasure ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Governor-General of Malta → category → Governor-General of Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governors-General of Malta
Governor-General of Malta → nativeLanguageName → Governor-General of Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gvernatur Ġenerali ta’ Malta
Lord Gort → positionHeld → Governor-General of Malta ⓘ
President of Malta → predecessorOffice → Governor-General of Malta ⓘ