The Prime Minister of Malta is both the head of government and a minister in his own right with portfolio responsibilities for strategic matters such as the Public Service, defence, EU matters including the management of EU pre-accession and structural funds.

Most of these portfolio responsibilities are administered through the Office of the Prime Minister, commonly known as OPM or simply "Kastilja". OPM's mission is to support the Prime Minister in providing leadership and direction for a stable and effective government.

OPM is the hub and nerve centre of the Government. It plays a central role in decision-making and it is also the administrative headquarters of the Government.

The departments and units constituting OPM have changed considerably over the years.  However, there has been a stable core such as the Cabinet Secretariat, the Management and Personnel Office (known as Establishments Division prior to 1990) and the Department of Information. Currently there are over 300 staff in the Office of the Prime Minister.  Additionally there are 1,500 personnel on the AFM books which also forms part of the OPM portfolio. 

Click here to view the Annual Report of all Departments falling within the OPM for the year 2006.

Click below to see an organisation chart depicting all the various bodies that are either part of the Office of the Prime Minister or linked to it, and their reporting relationships.

Click here for an OPM organisation chart.

The Annual Report and the organisation chart are portable document format (pdf) files for which you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Most computers are equipped with this software and will open pdf documents automatically, but if you do not have it click on the icon below to download it free of charge.