title: 2019 in Malta
text: # 2019 in Malta
  
  Events in the year 2019 in Malta.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President:
     * Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (to 4 April)
     * George Vella (from 4 April)
  * Prime Minister: Joseph Muscat
  
  ## Year
  
  | April | | Maltese Tuna fishers quotas increased |
  | - | - | - |
  | May | 23 | Malta AI and Blockchain summit will be held. |
  | May | 25 | Malta AI and Blockchain summit will be held. |
  | May | 25 | The European Parliament election and local council elections are to be held. |
  | July | 15 - 25 | Malta Jazz Festival |
  | September | 26 | The Malta International Folk Festival 2019 |
  | September | | Judge Lorraine Schembri Orland elected to European Court of Human Rights |
  | November | 20 | Yorgen Fenech detained trying to leave Malta and arrested. |
  | December | 1 | Announcement of the resignation of prime minister Joseph Muscat over the inquiry of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He will step down at the new year with a new prime minister will be elected on 12 January 2020. |
  