Prime Minister Joseph Muscat paid tribute to the late Dr George Borg Olivier on the 107th anniversary of the former Prime Minister’s birth.

​​Dr George Borg Oliver served twice as Prime Minister, between 1950 and 1955 and again between 1962 and 1971. He served as minister of works and of education under Enrico Mizzi, whom he succeeded (1950) as Nationalist Party leader and prime minister. After endorsement by referendum of the independence constitution, the island became independent on 21 September 1964.​