Joseph Flores (Maltese politician)

[1] Flores was born in 1907 in the Maltese town of Hamrun, close to the capital Valletta.

Such was Flores' position within the dominant Labour grouping that he was appointed the Speaker of the Maltese Legislative Assembly that same year.

In 1955, he adopted some of the proposals that had been developed by Sir Alexander Paterson, HM Commissioner of Prisons for England and Malta.

Paterson had suggested using the social system already in place - in Malta's case the use of the police force and priesthood.

He died in 1974 and was buried at the cemetery of Santa Maria Addolorata ("Our Lady of Sorrows") in Paola, which is the largest graveyard in Malta.