Unità documentaria 328 - Minister Wistin Abela giving a speech

1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper

Wistin Abela was elected for the first time in the 1966 general election on the Malta Labour Party (MLP) ticket and was re-elected in every national vote until 1992. He had served in various roles in successive Labour governments after 1971: parliamentary secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, minister for development and he was subsequently given the portfolios of telecommunications and energy. He was finance minister between 1983 and 1987, deputy leader of the MLP and he had occupied the role of deputy prime minister between 1981 and 1982.

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; positive; paper print. Photographic Type: Gelatin Silver print. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: TIFF: 12.0 MB (12,646,156 bytes); JPEG: 838 KB (858,874 bytes); 2080 x 2024 pixels; 24 bit depth; Resolution: 600 DPI

Original found at Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

Internal relationship: Related to Maurice Mifsud Bonnici interview and ephemera

Photographer: n/a; Location: n/a; Site: n/a

The digital copy was created on 04/11/2019. Reproduction: scanning; Capture software: Canon 9000F Mark II

General keywords: Internees, Shelters, Black market, Refugees, Victory Kitchens, Hunger, Air raids, Fascism, Umberto Primo school, Fascist songs, Fear, Sanitation, Prisoners of war (POWs), Diseases, George Cross

Date of cataloguing: 20/02/2020