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| 1971–87 |
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| The Labour Party, under Dominic Mintoff and then Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, dominated Maltese politics. | 1 |
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| 1971 |
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| Malta adopted a new comprehensive contributory insurance scheme, integrating a variety of earlier legislation. The new plan included an annual pension amounting to two-thirds of an individual's salary at the time of retirement. | 2 |
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| 1974, Dec. 13 |
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| MALTA BECAME A REPUBLIC within the British Commonwealth. The new constitution provided for a president, a prime minister, and a unicameral legislature. | 3 |
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| 1979 |
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| The British military presence ended in Malta. | 4 |
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| 1987 |
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| Eddie Fenech Adami led the Nationalist Party to electoral victory and became prime minister, a post he would retain after the 1992 general elections as well. | 5 |
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| 1989 |
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| A “neutrality and nonalignment” amendment to the constitution forbade any foreign military base or nuclear-weapons-carrying ship in Maltese territory. | 6 |
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| April |
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| Vincent Tabone was elected president. | 7 |
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