Key facts
- Style
- Her Excellency
- Residence
- San Anton Palace
- Appointer
- House of Representatives
- Term length
- Five years, non-renewable
- Constituting instrument
- Constitution of Malta (1964)
- Inaugural holder
- Sir Anthony Mamo
- Formation
- 13 December 1974 ; 51 years ago ( 1974-12-13 )
- Succession
- Line of succession
- Salary
- €88.218 annually
- Website
- https://president.gov.mt/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- president.gov.mt
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List of presidents of Malta at San Anton Palace seen in 2014
The president of Malta (Maltese: President ta' Malta) is the constitutional head of state of Malta. The president is indirectly elected by the House of Representatives of Malta, which appoints the president for a five-year term and requires them to swear an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution. The president of Malta also presides directly or indirectly over all three branches of the state. They are part of Parliament and responsible for the appointment of members of the judiciary. Executive authority is nominally vested in the president, but is in practice exercised by the prime minister.