Prime Minister Joseph Muscat paid tribute to Sir Ugo Mifsud on the 127th anniversary of his birth

In 190​4 Sir Ugo became the youngest Prime Minister in the British Empire after successfully contesting as a candidate of the Unione Popolare Maltese for the Legislative Assembly. In 1926, he was co-leader with Dr Enrico Mizzi of the Partito Nazionalista and held the Office of Prime Minister from 1932 to 1933. Sir Ugo held several portfolios during his political carrier. In 1939 he was elected member of the Council of Government. On the 9th of February 1942 as the Council was debating the British Government’s intention to deport several Maltese, Sir Ugo suffered a heart attack as he was delivering a stirring and impassionate speech against the British Government’s intention to deport Maltese nationals to Uganda. He passed away two days later.