Albert Victor Hyzler | |
Order: | Acting President of Malta |
Nationality: | Maltese |
Term Start: | 27 December 1981 |
Term End: | 15 February 1982 |
Predecessor: | Anton Buttigieg |
Successor: | Agatha Barbara |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1916 |
Birth Place: | Valletta, Malta |
Death Place: | Malta |
Spouse: | Marie Rose Petrocochino |
Party: | Labour |
Albert Victor Hyzler (20 November 1916 - 26 October 1993)[1] was a Maltese politician.
The son of Professor Giuseppe Hyzler, a physician, and Marietta Muscat Fenech Albert Hyzler was elected to Parliament in 1947 as a member of the Democratic Action Party, which was led by his father. He later returned to Parliament as a member of the Malta Workers Party before joining the Labour Party in 1954. Hyzler elected in every election he contested until his 1976 retirement from politics.
Hyzler was a cabinet minister between 1955 and 1958, and from 1971 until 1976. He served as the acting president of Malta from 27 December 1981 to 15 February 1982. He was married to Marie Rose Petrocochino.