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writings and statements against the
British. He was sentenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labour, the loss of civil rights and the withdrawal of lawyer's warrant. The sentence was commuted by Governor Methuen to a "severe censure", while his civil rights and warrant were restored following the cessation of hostilities in 1918. Mizzi founded the Circolo Giovane Malta and was life president of the Societa' Dante Alighieri.
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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
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The group of exiles were allowed back into the country on 8 March 1945. Mizzi quickly re-entered politics, and attended the
Council Sitting on 15 March. Mizzi planned to reorganise the PN from the ground up. The ideology of the Party, and its support of Italian culture and language formed the basalt
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Mizzi was first elected to the
Council of Government from Gozo in 1915 as Member of the Comitato Patriottico. While Mizzi was striving to obtain a liberal Constitution he was arrested at his residence on 7 Mayand court-martialled on charges of sedition in 1917 under the Malta Defence Regulations for
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On 30 May 1940, while Mizzi was at the Malta
Printing Press, he was arrested and together with 47 other Maltese was interned for having Italian sympathies. In February 1942, Governor Dobbie took out a warrant to illegally deport 47 Maltese to Uganda, Mizzi amongst them. During his exile, Mizzi did
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Mizzi the "knight without stain or fear". remained well known for promoting
Maltese patriotism and nationalism at a time when Malta was a colony. He was also associated with the Italianate identity of the Maltese people, the cause for selecting Italian as an official language of the country, and a
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In 1916 he was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison for proclaiming himself a representative of the
Italian nationality of Malta β his sentence was reduced to a reprimand by the Governor of the time due to suspected interference. In May 1917 he was arrested and court-martialled for sedition
372:. After the elections of 1924, Mizzi's party formed a government in coalition with the Unione Politica Maltese and they elected 15 parliamentary seats. During this legislature, Mizzi was the Minister for Postal Services, Agriculture and Fisheries together with Industry and Commerce.
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in a hung parliament. He died in
Valletta just three months later, on 20 December 1950, and had a state funeral. To date, he is the only Maltese prime minister to have died in office.
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Despite completing his legal studies in Rome, Mizzi had little chance to practice law. He was drawn instead to politics and journalism. In 1915 Enrico Mizzi was elected member of the
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during wartime, found guilty of all charges and imprisoned for a year. Although this sentence was again reduced, he lost his right to practice law in the country.
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He stood as a parliamentary candidate for Gozo in 1915, and was elected. He worked to develop a
Constitution that was independent of English rule at the time.
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all he could to remain up to date on events in Malta. He remained in close contact with other members of the Partit Nazzjonalista, such as
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strong proponent of the Roman Catholic faith in opposition to the Protestant faith of the colonial authorities.
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as a contributing force in the Maltese national and European identity.
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Legislative Assembly Debates, Sitting No.8, 17 March 1949, page 397
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UPM and PDN run once again separately, albeit in coalition, in the
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community, whose political activity showed strong support towards
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in his capacity as a promoter of the Italian character of Malta.
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484:'senza macchia e senza paura'.
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261:University of Rome La Sapienza
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639:Enrico Mizzi's political life
551:"Dr Enrico Mizzi (1950β1950)"
363:1921 Maltese general election
274:In 1926 Enrico Mizzi married
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517:Italian irredentism in Malta
352:Democratic Nationalist Party
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