The Maltese Government 2017–2022 was the Government of Malta from 9 June 2017 till 20 February 2022. The Maltese government is elected through a General Election for a five-year term. The Head of Government during the earlier period of the legislature was Joseph Muscat. On 13 January 2020, Muscat stepped down as Prime Minister and, following an earlier internal election within the party’s structures, Robert Abela was nominated and sworn in as the Head of Government for the later period of the legislature. The Labour Party won a majority following a snap election which was held on 3 June 2017.^[2] Parliament was dissolved on 20 February 2022 and the date of the election was set to 26 March 2022.^[3]

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Maltese Government 2017–22
22nd Cabinet of Malta
Incumbent
Date formed	9 June 2017
Date dissolved	20 February 2022
People and organisations
Head of state	Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (2017–2019) George Vella (2019–present)
Head of government	Joseph Muscat (2017–2020) Robert Abela (2020–present)
No. of ministers	17
Member party	Labour Party
Opposition party	Nationalist Party Democratic Party (2017–19) Independent (2019–2022)[1]
Opposition leader	Simon Busuttil (2017) Adrian Delia (2017–2020) Bernard Grech (2020–present)
History
Election(s)	2017 general election
Predecessor	Maltese Government 2013–17
Successor	Maltese Government 2022–27

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