Maltese Political Union

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The Maltese Political Union (Italian: Unione Politica Maltese, Maltese: Unjoni Politika Maltija) was a political party in Malta.

History

The party was established in 1920 by a merger of the Malta Political Association and the Patriotic Committee.^[1] It emerged as the largest party in Parliament as a result of the 1921 elections, and its leader Joseph Howard became the country's first Prime Minister.^[1]

The 1924 elections saw the party reduced to 10 seats, and it had to form a coalition with the Democratic Nationalist Party to stay in power. In 1926 the two parties merged to form the Nationalist Party.^[1]

In 1947 the Democratic Action Party was established as a revived Maltese Political Union.^[2]

Ideology

The party sought to give the Italian language equal status with English in education and to progress towards self-government. It also defended the powers of the Catholic church.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p634 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
↑ McHale, p631

Political parties in Malta

Represented in Parliament	Labour (39) Nationalist (30)

Other recognized parties	Democratic Alternative Imperium Europa

Defunct parties	Anti-Reform Christian Workers' Constitutional Democratic Action Democratic Nationalist (1921–1926) Democratic Nationalist (1959–1966) Gozo Jones Libertas Malta Malta Workers Party Maltese Political Union National Action National Progressive Constitutionalist Communist

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