Children 1 Parents Fortunato Mizzi | Name Enrico Mizzi | |
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Spouse(s) Bice Vassallo (m. 1926; died 1950) Died December 20, 1950, Paola, Malta Education Sapienza University of Rome, University of Malta, University of Urbino | ||
Political party Nationalist Party | ||
Enrico "Nerik" Mizzi (20 September 1885 – 20 December 1950) was a Maltese politician, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party and briefly Prime Minister of Malta.
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Life
Mizzi was born on 20 September 1885 in Valletta, Malta. He was the son of Fortunato Mizzi and Maria Sofia Folliero de Luna. In 1906 he graduated in literature and science at the Royal University of Malta. He studied law at La Sapienza in Rome and at the university of Urbino, where in 1911 he received a Laurea in law. In 1926 he married Bice Vassallo; they had one son, Fortunato Mizzi.
Politics
After the 1950 elections Mizzi was appointed Prime Minister in a hung parliament. He died in Valletta three months later and had a state funeral. To date, he is the only Maltese prime minister to have died in office.
Legacy
Mizzi is remembered by the Maltese as a contributing force in the Maltese national and European identity.
"I hope that when I pass from this life to become a memory to posterity I hope no one will slander me... for party reasons.... As I had been declared by the Nationalist Party some thirty years ago, I am still, thank God, before the Party, before the people, and above all else before my own conscience 'senza macchia e senza paura'.”
A foundation, to promote and better appreciate his life and works and that of his father Fortunato, was founded in 2010.