Editing Valletta (section)

==Government==
<!--[[File:Malta - Valletta - Triq Nofs-in-Nhar + Local Council 01 ies.jpg|thumb|Palazzo Lascaris, the former local council building]]-->
[[File:Castille at night.jpg|thumb|[[Auberge de Castille]] at night]]
[[File:Parliament House (Malta).jpeg|thumb|[[Renzo Piano]]'s [[Parliament House (Malta)|Parliament House]]]]

===Local government===
The Valletta Local Council was established by the Local Councils Act of 1993, along with the other [[local councils of Malta]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Local Government|url=http://www.lca.org.mt/pages/iseSinglePages.asp?m=20|website=Local Councils' Association|access-date=12 July 2015|archive-date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207214517/http://www.lca.org.mt/pages/iseSinglePages.asp?m=20|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first election was held on 20 November 1993. Other elections were held in 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2013,<ref>{{cite web|title=Elezzjonijiet tal-Kunsilli Lokali fis-Snin li Għaddew (1993–2013)|url=http://lc.gov.mt/mediacenter/PDFs/1_Elezzjonijiet%201993-2013.pdf|website=lc.gov.mt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712111825/http://lc.gov.mt/mediacenter/PDFs/1_Elezzjonijiet%201993-2013.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2015|language=mt}}</ref> 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elezzjonijiet tal-Kunsilli Lokali 2015–2023|url=http://lc.gov.mt/mediacenter/PDFs/1_Elezzjonijiet%202015-2023.pdf|website=lc.gov.mt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712112012/http://lc.gov.mt/mediacenter/PDFs/1_Elezzjonijiet%202015-2023.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2015|language=mt}}</ref>
The present local council was elected in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Council Members|url=http://lc.gov.mt/Page.aspx?catid=12&pid=205|website=lc.gov.mt|access-date=12 July 2015|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112222145/http://lc.gov.mt/Page.aspx?catid=12&pid=205|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The local council is housed in a building in South Street. <!-- OUTDATED -- Since the city has been selected as the European Capital of Culture, the council began to look for new premises at a more central location. Various proposals were made, including the [[Main Guard (Valletta)|Main Guard]], the [[Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta|Grandmaster's Palace]], [[Fort Saint Elmo]] and the former HSBC offices, but nothing has been decided {{As of|2015|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=No immediate solution to finding new premises for Valletta council|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150717/local/updated-no-immediate-solution-to-finding-new-premises-for-valletta.577012|access-date=17 July 2015|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=17 July 2015}}</ref> -->

The following people have served as Mayors of Valletta:<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayors from 1993|url=https://vassallohistory.wordpress.com/mayors-from-1993/|website=vassallohistory.wordpress.com|date=16 August 2014|access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>
*Hector Bruno (1993–1999) ([[Nationalist Party (Malta)|PN]])
*[[Paul Borg Olivier]] (1999–2008) ([[Nationalist Party (Malta)|PN]])
*Alexei Dingli (2008–2019) ([[Nationalist Party (Malta)|PN]]) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190220/timestalk/watch-commercial-interests-trumping-those-of-residents-former-valletta.702457|title=Watch: 'Valletta 2018 was a missed opportunity,' says former mayor|website=Times of Malta|date=20 February 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> 
*Christian Micallef (2019) ([[Nationalist Party (Malta)|PN]]) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2019-01-15/local-news/Christian-Micallef-sworn-in-as-new-Mayor-of-Valletta-6736202090|title=Christian Micallef sworn in as new Mayor of Valletta – The Malta Independent|website=www.independent.com.mt|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>
*Alfred Zammit (2019–) ([[Labour Party (Malta)|PL]]) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvm.com.mt/mt/news/il-pl-jirbah-il-kunsill-lokali-tal-belt-valletta/|title=Alfred Zammit is-sindku tal-Belt Valletta – TVM|website=www.tvm.com.mt|date=29 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref>

===National government===
Valletta is the capital city of Malta,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Maltese Islands|url=https://www.gov.mt/en/About%20Malta/Maltese%20Islands/Pages/The-Maltese-Islands.aspx|website=[[Government of Malta]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717055049/https://gov.mt/en/About%20Malta/Maltese%20Islands/Pages/The-Maltese-Islands.aspx|archive-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> and is the country's administrative and commercial hub.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Capital City Valletta|url=https://www.gov.mt/en/Pages/Valletta-Write-up.aspx|website=[[Government of Malta]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627103211/https://www.gov.mt/en/Pages/Valletta-Write-up.aspx|archive-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> The [[Parliament of Malta]] has been housed at the [[Parliament House (Malta)|Parliament House]] near the city's entrance since 2015: it was previously housed at the [[Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta|Grandmaster's Palace]] in the city centre.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maitland|first=Robert|date=2014|title=Tourism in National Capitals and Global Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQDPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317850076|pages=135–142}}</ref> The latter palace still houses the Office of the [[President of Malta]],<ref name="president">{{cite web|title=Il-Palazz tal-Belt|url=http://president.gov.mt/il-palazzi-tal-president/il-palazz-tal-belt/|website=Office of the President of Malta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926164218/http://president.gov.mt/il-palazzi-tal-president/il-palazz-tal-belt/|archive-date=26 September 2015|language=mt}}</ref> while the [[Auberge de Castille]] houses the Office of the [[Prime Minister of Malta]]. The [[Courts of Justice building (Valletta)|courthouse]] and many government departments are also located in Valletta.<ref name="nicpmi">{{cite web|title=Auberge de Castille et Leon|url=http://www.culturalheritage.gov.mt/filebank/inventory/01127.pdf|website=National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands|date=28 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111831/http://www.culturalheritage.gov.mt/filebank/inventory/01127.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>