Agatha Barbara (March 11, 1923 – February 4, 2002) was the first woman president of Malta. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ...

Barbara was born in Zabbar, Malta, and was educated at the grammar school in Valletta. During the Second World War, she worked as an air raid warden. She was a schoolteacher from the early 1940s until 1947, when she became the first woman elected to the Maltese parliament; she was the only woman to be returned in these elections. She was a member of parliament until 1981, by which time she had contested and been elected in ten consecutive elections. She served as education minister of Malta in the Labour Party government of Dom Mintoff from 1955 to 1958 and instituted compulsory full-time education in Malta for children, leading to the hiring of hundreds of new teachers. In 1958 she served 43 days in prison "with hard labour", for picketing during a national strike following the resignation of Mintoff. Żabbar is the fifth largest town in Malta, with a population of just over 18,000 (est. ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... Port of Valetta Valletta, population 7048 (official estimate for 2000), is the capital city of Malta - The city is located at 35°5416 North, 14°3132 East (35. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dominic Mintoff (born August 6, 1916) was Prime Minister of Malta under British colonial rule, between 1955 and 1958, and then after independence, serving between 1971 and 1984. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In a subsequent Labour government, she was once again Minister for Education, between 1971 and 1974, after which she became Minister for Labour, Culture and Welfare and eventually Deputy Prime Minister.

On 16 February 1982, she was appointed the third President of the Republic and the first, and only, woman to hold this post. Barbara was elected President for a 5-year term in 1982. She served as President until 1987. The old series of monetary notes of Malta depicted the face of Agatha Barbara. She then retired at Zabbar, where she died at her residence in 2002. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...