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State of Malta Stat ta' Malta | |||||||||
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| 1964–1974 | |||||||||
| Motto: Virtute et constantia (Latin) "Strength and persistence" | |||||||||
| Anthem: L-Innu Malti (Maltese) "The Maltese Hymn" | |||||||||
 Location of Malta in dark green | |||||||||
| Capital | Valletta | ||||||||
| Demonym | Maltese | ||||||||
| Government | Unitaryparliamentaryconstitutional monarchy | ||||||||
| Queen | |||||||||
• 1964–1974 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Governor-General | |||||||||
• 1964–1971 | Maurice Henry Dorman | ||||||||
• 1971–1974 | Anthony Mamo | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1964–1971 | George Borg Olivier | ||||||||
• 1971–1974 | Dominic Mintoff | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Independence | 21 September 1964 | ||||||||
• Republic | 13 December 1974 | ||||||||
| Currency | Sterling (1964–1972) Maltese pound (1972–1974) | ||||||||
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TheState of Malta (Maltese:Stat ta’ Malta), commonly known asMalta, existed between 21 September 1964 and 13 December 1974. It is the predecessor to the modern-dayRepublic of Malta.
TheCrown Colony of Malta became independent under theMalta Independence Act 1964 (c. 86) passed by theBritish Parliament.[1] Under the newConstitution of Malta, approved in areferendum held in May of that year,Queen Elizabeth II became theQueen of Malta. Her constitutional roles were delegated to thegovernor-general of Malta. Between 1964 and 1974, Elizabeth II visited Malta once, in November 1967.
The following governors-general held office in Malta between 1964 and 1974:
The following held office asprime minister (andhead of government) of the State of Malta during this period:
On 13 December 1974, following amendments to the Constitution by theLabour government ofDom Mintoff, the monarchy was abolished and Malta became arepublic within the Commonwealth with the function of head of state vested in a president appointed byParliament. The last governor-general,Sir Anthony Mamo, was appointed the firstpresident of Malta.
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