Mizzi, Enrico, 1885-1950

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Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Mizzi, Enrico, 1885-1950

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

      • Mizzi, Nerik, 1885-1950

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      20/09/1885 – 20/12/1950

      History

      Dr Enrico Mizzi was a Maltese politician, leader of the Nationalist Party from 1926 and a Prime Minister of Malta in 1950. He was born in 1885 in Valletta to Maria Sofia Folliera de Luna, the daughter of the vice-consul of Naples, and Fortunato Mizzi. Mizzi studied in Gozo Seminary, read law at the University of Rome La Sapienza and the University of Urbino, and studied literature and science at the Royal University of Malta. He married Bice Vassallo and they had one son, Dun Fortunat Mizzi.

      Mizzi was first elected to the Council of Government from Gozo in 1915 as Member of the Comitato Patriottico. He was arrested at his residence on 7 May and court-martialled on charges of sedition in 1917 under the Malta Defense Regulations for writings and statements against the British. He was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment with hard labour, the loss of civil rights, and the withdrawal of the lawyer’s warrant. The sentence was commuted by Governor Methuen to a ‘severe censure’, while his civil rights and warrant were restored following the cessation of hostilities in 1918.

      Mizzi founded the Circolo Giovane Malta and was life president of the Societa Dante Alighieri. He was part of the Maltese Political Union coalition, whom he split and formed the Democratic Nationalist Party / Partito Democratico Nazionalista (PDM) to contest the elections for Malta’s first self Government. Later the PDN merged with the Maltese Political Union / Unione Politica Maltese (UPM) to form the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN). He was co-leader of the PN with Sir Ugo P. Mifsud (1926-1942).

      On 30 May 1940, he was arrested and deported to Uganda, with another 47 Maltese people, where he remained in close contact with other members of the Partit Nazzjonalista. In 1945, the exiled persons, including Mizzi, were allowed back to Malta, where he re-entered politics and reorganised the PN. At the 1950 elections, Mizzi was appointed Prime Minister but he died three months later on the 20th December.

      Places

      Gozo Seminary, Victoria, Gozo; Sapienza Universita, Rome, Italy; Universita Degli Studi Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy; Valletta, Malta; Uganda, deported.

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      politician, prime minister

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      Mizzi, Fortunato (father); Folliero de Luna, Maria Sofia (mother); Mizzi nee Vassallo, Bice (wife); Mizzi, Fortunat (son)

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Mizzi, Fortunat, 1927-2017 (1927 - 2017)

      Identifier of related entity

      MT AF-P000004

      Category of relationship

      family

      Type of relationship

      Mizzi, Fortunat, 1927-2017 is the child of Mizzi, Enrico, 1885-1950

      Dates of relationship

      1927 - 1950

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Mizzi Vassallo, Bice, 1899–1985 (1899 - 1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      MT AF-P000003

      Category of relationship

      family

      Type of relationship

      Mizzi Vassallo, Bice, 1899–1985 is the spouse of Mizzi, Enrico, 1885-1950

      Dates of relationship

      1926 - 1950

      Description of relationship

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      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      Prime Minister

      Note

      Prime Minister of Malta

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      MT AF-P000002

      Institution identifier

      MT NAM

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      Status

      Revised

      Level of detail

      Partial

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Date of creation: 22/03/2024. Date of revisions: 18/07/2024; 01/10/2024

      Language(s)

      • Ingliż

      Script(s)

        Sources

        MT NAM PHO-00004351
        Schiavone, M. (2023, September 20). 'Biography: Nerik Mizzi.' Times of Malta. https://timesofmalta.com/article/biography-nerik-mizzi.1051322
        Wikipedia contributors. (2024, March 10). Enrico Mizzi. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08:30, March 22, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Enrico_Mizzi&oldid=1212926138

        Maintenance notes

        Creator of Authority Record: Danica Abela.
        Revised by: Zvetlana Pace Cassar