Agatha Barbara

Her Excellency Agatha Barbara KUOM
3rd President of Malta
In office 15 February 1982 – 15 February 1987
Prime Minister	Dom Mintoff Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
Preceded by	Albert Hyzler (Acting); Anton Buttigieg
Succeeded by	Paul Xuereb (Acting); Ċensu Tabone
Personal details
Born	(1923-03-11)11 March 1923 Żabbar, Malta
Died	4 February 2002(2002-02-04) (aged 78) Żabbar, Malta
Resting place	Żabbar Cemetery
Political party	Labour Party
Awards	Companion of Honour of the National Order of Merit Malta Self-Government Re-introduction Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Medal Malta Independence Fiftieth Anniversary Medal Order of the Balkan Mountains 1st Class Order of the National Flag 1st Class Nishan-e-Pakistan

Agatha Barbara, KUOM (11 March 1923 – 4 February 2002)^[1] was a Maltese politician, having served as a Labour Member of Parliament and Minister. She was the first woman to serve as president of Malta, and remains the longest-serving woman Member of Parliament in Maltese political history.