set_leader_MLT = {
	if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 4 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Victor Degiovanni"
				picture = "victor_degiovanni.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 17 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Arnold Cassola"
				picture = "arnold_cassola.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 22 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Rupert C. Montanaro"
				picture = "Rupert_Montanaro.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Autocracy
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Autocracy
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Jeffrey Curmi"
				picture = "Jeffrey_Curmi.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Autocracy
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Autocracy
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 1 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { conservatism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { conservatism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Simon Busuttil"
				picture = "simon_busuttil.dds"
				ideology = conservatism
				traits = {
					western_conservatism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { conservatism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 2 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Marlene Farrugia"
				picture = "marlene_farrugia.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 20 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Henry Battistino"
				picture = "henry_battistino.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Populism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Populism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
}