Robert Abela will be sworn in on Monday. Outgoing Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was forced to resign over a probe into the murder of an investigative journalist.
Robert Abela won a Labour Party leadership contest in Malta early on Sunday, meaning he will be the European Union country's next prime minister.
Incumbent party leader and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was forced to resign after coming under immense pressure for his handling of the political and legal debacle stemming from the 2017 car bombing that killed investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Read more: How a journalist's murder haunts Malta's ruling elite
A lawyer, Abela beat out Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne for leadership of the Labour Party. He will be sworn in on Monday.
Considered an outsider who has only been a member of parliament since 2017, Abela had sided with critics of the investigation into Caruana Galizia's murder.
The 42-year-old is the son of former Maltese President George Abela.
He has promised to engage citizens and focus on social issues, such as affordable housing.
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