List of Leaders of the Opposition of Malta

Thirteen people have served as Leader of the Opposition of Malta since the office was established in 1921. The post did not exist in the period between 1933 and 1947, nor between 1958 and 1962.

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Constitutional Party

  Nationalist Party

  Labour Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Gerald Strickland 1930s.jpg	Gerald Strickland (1861–1940)	October 1921	August 1927	5 years, 10 months	Constitutional Party
2	File:Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg	Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942)	August 1927	June 1932	4 years, 10 months	Nationalist Party
(1)	File:Gerald Strickland 1930s.jpg	Gerald Strickland (1861–1940)	June 1932	November 1933	1 year, 5 months	Constitutional Party
Office Abolished (November 1933 – November 1947)
3	File:Dr Enrico Mizzi.jpg	Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950)	November 1947	September 1950	2 years, 10 months	Nationalist Party
4	File:Dom Mintoff (1974).jpg	Dom Mintoff (1916–2012)	September 1950	March 1955	4 years, 6 months	Labour Party
5	File:GBO (cropped).jpg	Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980)	March 1955	April 1958	3 years, 1 month	Nationalist Party
Office Abolished (April 1958 – March 1962)
(4)	File:Dom Mintoff (1974).jpg	Dom Mintoff (1916–2012)	March 1962	June 1971	9 years, 3 months	Labour Party
(5)	File:GBO (cropped).jpg	Giorgio Borġ Olivier (1911–1980)	June 1971	1977	5–6 years	Nationalist Party
6	File:Edward Fenech Adami (cropped).jpg	Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934)	1977	12 May 1987	9–10 years	Nationalist Party
7	File:No image.svg	Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933–2022)	12 May 1987	26 March 1992	4 years, 319 days	Labour Party
8	File:Alfred Sant.jpg	Alfred Sant (born 1948)	26 March 1992	28 October 1996	4 years, 216 days	Labour Party
(6)	File:Edward Fenech Adami (cropped).jpg	Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934)	28 October 1996	6 September 1998	1 year, 313 days	Nationalist Party
(8)	File:Alfred Sant.jpg	Alfred Sant (born 1948)	6 September 1998	5 June 2008	9 years, 273 days	Labour Party
—	File:No image.svg	Charles Mangion (born 1952) Acting	5 June 2008	1 October 2008	118 days	Labour Party
9	File:Joseph muscat 2018 (cropped).jpg	Joseph Muscat (born 1974)	1 October 2008	11 March 2013	4 years, 161 days	Labour Party
10	File:Lawrence Gonzi 2009.jpg	Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953)	11 March 2013	13 May 2013	63 days	Nationalist Party
11	File:EPP Summit, March 2015, Brussels (16655864817) (cropped).jpg	Simon Busuttil (born 1969)	13 May 2013	4 October 2017	4 years, 144 days	Nationalist Party
12	File:Adrian Delia.jpg	Adrian Delia (born 1969)	6 October 2017	7 October 2020	3 years, 1 day	Nationalist Party
13	File:Bernard Grech-Oct2020 Official (cropped).jpg	Bernard Grech (born 1971)	7 October 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 95 days	Nationalist Party

See also

• Leader of the Opposition of Malta
• Prime Minister of Malta
• President of Malta
• Government of Malta
• House of Representatives of Malta