| Election Name: | 2009 Maltese presidential election |
| Country: | Malta |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Maltese presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Maltese presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | 12 January 2009 |
| Nominee1: | George Abela |
| Party1: | Labour Party (Malta) |
| Electoral Vote1: | Uncontested |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Eddie Fenech Adami |
| Before Party: | Nationalist Party (Malta) |
| After Election: | George Abela |
| After Party: | Labour Party (Malta) |
An indirect presidential election was held in Malta on 12 January 2009. Former Labour Party deputy leader George Abela was elected to become the next President of Malta on 4 April 2009, when the incumbent Eddie Fenech Adami steps down; this marks the first time that a member of the opposition was elected president, as the Nationalist Party controlled the legislature.[1] [2]