Mamo, Anthony Joseph, 1909-2008

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Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Mamo, Anthony Joseph, 1909-2008

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mamo, Anthony J., Sir [VIAF]

    Other form(s) of name

    • Mamo, Sir Anthony Joseph
    • Anthony Mamo
    • A.J. Mamo
    • Sir Anthony Mamo

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    08/01/1909 - 01/05/2008

    History

    Anthony J. Mamo was born in Birkirkara on 8 January 1909 from Joseph Mamo and Carla Brincat. Educated at the Archibishop’s Seminary and later at the Royal University of Malta where, in 1931, he graduated as Bachelor of Arts (B.A) and in 1934, as Doctor of Laws (LL.D). As the first student in the course he was awarded the Government "Travelling Scholarship" and the "Bugeja Scholarship". He had short courses at London University and University of Perugia.
    In October 1936 he was appointed member of the Commission which, under the chairmanship of Judge Harding, was entrusted with the task of preparing a Revised Edition of all the Laws of Malta.
    During the Second World War he gave his services for refugee work and general service.
    In 1942 Dr Mamo entered the Attorney-General's Office as one of the Crown Counsel. Here he occupied in succession all the grades (1950-52 – Senior Crow Counsel), until he himself became Attorney-General in 1955.
    In the same period, from 1943 to 1957 he became Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Malta where for many here he was member of the Senate and President of the University Council.
    Anthony Mamo served as chief legal adviser under 4 Prime Ministers: Sir Paul Boffa, Dr Enrico Mizzi, Dr Gorg Borg Olivier, Dominic Mintoff. and he accompanied all Ministerial delegations for discussions and negotiations with the British Government.
    From 1957 to 1971 he was appointed as Chief Justice and president of the Court Appeal.
    Towards the end of June 1962, Acting Governor pending the arrival of the new British governor, Sir Maurice Dorman.
    In 1964 he was the First President of the Constitutional Court and in 1967 the First President of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
    From 1971 to 1974, he was appointed as the first Maltese Governor-General.
    When Malta was proclaimed a Republic in 1974, he was elected by the Parliament as the first President of Malta (13th December1974 - 26th December 1976).

    Honors:
    1955 – Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Commonwealth Honors).
    1957 – Honorary Queen’s Counsel (Commonwealth Honors).
    1960 - Knight Bachelor
    1962 – Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of St John.
    06 April 1990 – Companion of Honor of the National Order of Merit by right as a former President of Malta.

    Places

    Malta (1909-2008); University of Malta (Malta); Birkirkara (Malta)

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Crown Counsel; Senior Crown Counsel; Attorney-General; Chief Legal Advisor; Chief Justice; President of the Court Appeal; President of the Constitutional Court; President of the Court of Criminal Appeals; Governor-General; President of Malta; Professor of Criminal Law; Senate; President of the University Council

    Mandates/sources of authority

    Internal structures/genealogy

    Mamo, Joseph (father); Mamo nee Brincat, Carla (mother); Mamo nee Agius, Margaret (wife); Tortell nee Mamo, Josephine (daughter); Pisani nee Mamo, Monica (daughter); Mamo, John (son)

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Borg Olivier, George, 1911-1980 (05/07/1911-29/10/1980)

    Identifier of related entity

    MT AF-P000015

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Borg Olivier, George, 1911-1980 is the superior of Mamo, Anthony Joseph, 1909-2008

    Dates of relationship

    1950 - 1955

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Boffa, Paul, 1890-1962 (30/06/1890-06/07/1962)

    Identifier of related entity

    MT AF-P000018

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Boffa, Paul, 1890-1962 is the superior of Mamo, Anthony Joseph, 1909-2008

    Dates of relationship

    1947 - 1950

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Occupations

    President

    Note

    President of Malta

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    MT AF-P000001

    Institution identifier

    MT NAM

    Rules and/or conventions used

    • ISAAR (CPF) – International Standard Archival Authority Record For Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, Second Edition, Canberra, Australia, 27-30 October 2003;
    • ISO 8601 - Data elements and interchange formats –Information interchange—Representation of dates and times, 2nd ed., Geneva: International Standards Organization, 2000.
    • ISO 3166 - Codes for the representation of names of countries, Geneva: International Standards Organization, 1997.
    • ISO 639-2 - Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 Code, Geneva: International Standards Organization, 1998.
    • ISO 15924 - Codes for the representation of names of scripts, Geneva: International Standards Organization, 2001.

    Status

    Revised

    Level of detail

    Full

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Date of creation: 13/05/2020; Date of revisions: 13/06/2024; 18/07/2024; 01/10/2024

    Language(s)

    • Ingliż

    Script(s)

    • Latin

    Sources

    "Mamo, Anthony J., Sir." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved October 01, 2024. http://viaf.org/viaf/313546198
    "Mamo, Anthony Joseph, 1909-2008." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified July 14, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/941424349735
    Photo reference: MT NAM PHO-00004324
    Schiavone, Michael J. Dictionary of Maltese Biographies, Vol II G-Z. Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza, PIN, 2009.
    Sir Anthony J. Mamo, President of Malta (1974 – 1976), https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20of%20Malta/Presidents%20of%20Malta/Pages/Sir-Anthony-J-Mamo.aspx

    Maintenance notes

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