Fortunato Mizzi was the founder of the Anti-Reform Party and also the one who started the process which eventually led to Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

's independence. The Anti-Reform Party was the forerunner of the Nationalist Party in Malta.

He was a member of the Pro-Italian Maltese community and showed in his political activity strong support toward Italy

Italy

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's Risorgimento and the official use of the Italian language

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 in Malta.

Fortunato Mizzi married Maria Sofia Fogliero de Luna. They had a son by the name of Enrico

Enrico Mizzi

Enrico "Nerik" Mizzi was a Maltese politician, leader of the Nationalist Party and Prime Minister of Malta....

 who later became Prime Minister of Malta

Prime Minister of Malta

The Prime Minister of Malta is the Head of Government of Malta.-Establishment of the office and developments:The office of "Head of Ministry" was created as soon as Malta was granted autonomous government in 1921. The 1921 constitution was suspended twice before being revoked...

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A bust of Fortunato Mizzi can be seen in the Pincio in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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See also

• Maltese Italians
• Italia irredenta
  Italia irredenta
  Italian irredentism was an Italian Irredentist movement that aimed at the unification of all ethnically Italian peoples....