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| | Dom Mintoff |
 | | Mintoff was a controversial but extremely popular politician, as leader of the Maltese Labour Party, which was seen as more secular and pro-British, as opposed to the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN), seen as more Catholic and pro-Italian. |
 | | Prior to independence, Mintoff had pursued a policy of political union or 'Integration with Britain', but this proved unsuccessful, in the face of opposition from the PN, the Catholic Church, and disagreements with the British Ministry of Defence, then the islands' largest employer, over finance. |
 | | Mintoff's relations with the Church were marked by confrontation, and his last years in office were marked by disagreements over the Church's role in education, particularly schools. |
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