Joseph Howard (Prime Minister)

Joseph Howard ( * 1862 in Valletta, † May 20, 1925 ) was a Maltese politician and the first Prime Minister of Malta under the British colonial power.

After attending a high school he served as an officer in the French military academy Saint- Cyr. He later moved into business and was director of the tobacco industry " Cousis Cigarettes ".

1912 Howard was selected as the candidate of the " Comitato Patrittico " as a member of the Government Council. In addition, he was Chairman of the Government Committee for immigration. Between 1914 and 1919 he was consul in Japan. In 1919 he led a Maltese delegation to France to discuss the work of recording Maltese in France.

Subsequently, he was in 1921 elected as a member of the United Party of Malta of Monsignor Panzevecchia senator of the first Maltese Parliament. As Monsignor Panzevecchia turned down the acquisition of the Office of the Prime Minister, offered the then British Governor Herbert Plumer Howard at this office. Between October 1921 and the October 13, 1923 Howard was with the support of the Labour Party prime minister of the first Government of Malta. During this period he was in particular an for an expansion of the administration.

Between 1923 and 1925 he was finally President of the Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he was President of the Art Society ( " Societa dell'Arte " ) and the Philharmonic Society of Valletta ( " La Societa Filarmonica La Vallette ").

For his achievements, he became an officer of the British Empire ( OBE).