State · 1974 – present
Malta
A state of 1974 – present — 52 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced State of Malta and Crown Colony of Malta. The atlas records 14 things within it — famine and plague 1 · people 13. Its line of rulers holds 12 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 52 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 12
- the President of Malta
- Most ground
- 500 km²
- in 1975
- Within it
- 14
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Crown Colony of Malta · replaces
- State of Malta · replaces · 1964 – 1974
Rulers
The line of President of Malta - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Mamo | 1974 – 1976 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Anton Buttigieg | 1976 – 1981 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Agatha Barbara | 1982 – 1987 | 5 years | served out the term, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Paul Xuereb | 1987 – 1989 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ċensu Tabone | 1989 – 1994 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ugo Mifsud Bonnici | 1994 – 1999 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Guido de Marco | 1999 – 2004 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Eddie Fenech Adami | 2004 – 2009 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| George Abela | 2009 – 2014 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca | 2014 – 2019 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| George Vella | 2019 – 2024 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Myriam Spiteri Debono | 2024 – in office | in office since 2024 | still in office |
12 rulers, 12 with terms dated as terms, covering 1974 – 2024. Median reign 5 years. 0 of 11 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Malta, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| George Borg Olivier | 1962 – 1971 |
| Dom Mintoff | 1971 – 1984 |
| Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici | 1984 – 1987 |
| Eddie Fenech Adami | 1987 – 1996 |
| Alfred Sant | 1996 – 1998 |
| Eddie Fenech Adami | 1998 – 2004 |
| Lawrence Gonzi | 2004 – 2013 |
| Joseph Muscat | 2013 – 2020 |
| Robert Abela | 2020 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
500 km² in 1984, 500 km² in 2024; at its largest 500 km² in 1984. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, from 1964Flag of Malta · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1988Coat of arms of Malta · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199913 rows
- Roberta Metsola · politician · 1979 – present
- Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca · ruler · 1958 – present
- Agatha Barbara · ruler · 1923 – 2002
- George Abela · ruler · 1948 – present
- George Vella · ruler · 1942 – present
- Myriam Spiteri Debono · ruler · 1952 – present
- Eddie Fenech Adami · ruler · 1934 – present
- Guido de Marco · ruler · 1931 – 2010
and 5 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malta · plague · 2020
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood52 years
stood longer than 34% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 1% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median5 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 18% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record12
has more rulers on record than 84% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 4 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1964 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1975, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q233 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.