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Prime Minister of Malta (1876-1934)
Francesco Buhagiar
(7 September 1876 ? 27 June 1934) was the second
Prime Minister of Malta
(1923?1924). He was elected from the
Maltese Political Union
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Son of Michele Buhagiar and Filomena Mifsud, Francesco Buhagiar was born in
Qrendi
on 7 September 1876. He graduated in Law from the
Royal University of Malta
in 1901 and started a career as a lawyer in civil and commercial law.
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After twenty years practicing law, with Malta's self-rule Buhagiar, was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the
1921 election
on the list of
Ignazio Panzavecchia
's
Unione Politica Maltese
(UPM). From October 1922 he served as Minister of Justice, and one year later was appointed to replace
Joseph Howard
as prime minister. He led a minority government throughout 1924, on the run-up and follow-up to the
June 1924 election
, in which the UPM only got 10 seats.
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He was then appointed as judge of the Superior Courts, where he served until 1934.
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He died at 57 of complications from
appendicitis
at the Blue Sisters Hospital and was buried at the
Addolorata Cemetery
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Francesco Buhagiar was married to Enrichetta Said and they had five children.
He is remembered as an accomplished jurist, a practical man and a highly respected politician.
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