John Cremona

John J. Cremona
Chief Justice of Malta
In office 1971–1981
Prime Minister	Dom Mintoff
Preceded by	Anthony Mamo
Succeeded by	Carmelo Schembri
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Malta
In office 1965–1992
Preceded by	first judge from Malta
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici
Personal details
Born	(1918-01-06)6 January 1918 Xagħra, Gozo
Died	24 December 2020(2020-12-24) (aged 102)
Nationality	Malta
Alma mater	Trieste, Malta, London, Rome Sapienza

John Joseph Cremona KOM KM (6 January 1918 – 24 December 2020) was a Maltese jurist and poet. He was the Attorney General of Malta during independence talks in 1964 and helped draft the Constitution of Malta. He served as the chief justice of Malta from 1971 to 1981.^[1] He assumed the functions of Head of State in an acting capacity several times, both as governor-general and president. He simultaneously served as Malta's first representative judge on the European Court of Human Rights from 1965 to 1992. Cremona was also a noted poet, writing in Italian, English, and Maltese.