Photo: Jeremy Wonnacott, DOI
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today paid tribute to Joseph Howard (1862-1925), Malta’s first Prime Minister under colonial government.
Mr Howard was elected as member to the council of government after being nominated by the Comitato Patriottico.
In 1921 he joined the Unione Politica Maltese and was elected senator in the first ever Maltese Parliament.
Between 1921 and 1923, Mr Howard led the first Maltese government with the support of the Labour party.
He was regarded as the gentleman par exellence and was held in great esteem by politicians of all political creeds.
He died in 1925, aged 63.