- Anthony Mamo
Infobox President | name= Anthony Mamo
order= 1st President of the Republic of Malta
|term_start=13 December 1974
term_end=27 December 1976
predecessor= None
successor=Anton Buttigieg
birth_date= birth date|1909|1|9
birth_place=Birkirkara , flagicon|MaltaMalta
death_date= death date and age|2008|5|1|1909|1|9
death_place=Mosta , flagicon|MaltaMalta
spouse=
party=
languages spoken=Maltese, EnglishSir Anthony Joseph Mamo, OBE, QC, (
9 January 1909 –1 May 2008 ) was the first President ofMalta and previously served as the last Governor-General, representing Elizabeth II asQueen of Malta , when the country was aCommonwealth realm . He was also the first Maltese citizen to be appointed Governor-General, and before independence, briefly served as acting Governor.Early life
Mamo was born in the town of
Birkirkara , the son of Joseph Mamo and Carla Brincat. He was educated at theUniversity of Malta where he earned abachelor's degree in 1931 and his law degree in 1934. He was in private practice for a year before joining the civil service. He served asCrown Counsel from 1942 and later became attorney general. [http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080501/local/sir-anthony-mamo-dies Sir Anthony Mamo: State funeral tomorrow] ; "The Times of Malta ",1 May 2008 ]He held the world record of the oldest former head of state.Fact|date=May 2008
Political career
Mamo was appointed as
Chief Justice of Malta in 1957 where he served until 1971 when he was appointed as Governor-General. He served in that position until13 December 1974 , when Malta was proclaimed arepublic . He served as president from that date until he was succeeded byAnton Buttigieg on27 December 1976 .Awards Received
Mamo was awarded the
Order of the British Empire in 1955 and was subsequently knighted two years later. He was made Sieheb il-Gieh within the National Order of Merit in 1993.Death
Mamo died on
1 May 2008 at the age of 99, at Casa Arkati Home for Elderly.From
8 June 2007 , when former Somali PresidentAden Abdullah Osman Daar died until his own death, Mamo was the world's oldest living former head of state.Fact|date=May 2008References
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