Cabinet Buhagiar

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The Maltese Buhagiar Cabinet was formed on October 13, 1923 by Prime Minister Francesco Buhagiar of the Maltese Political Union (MPU). It replaced Howard's cabinet and was in office until September 22, 1924.

history

On October 13, 1923, Buhagiar succeeded Joseph Howard as second prime minister of Malta and formed a minority government until the dissolution of parliament in April 1924. In the House of Representatives elections on June 9 and 10, 1924, both the Constitutional Party (CON) scored from Gerald Strickland with 8,172 votes (34 percent) and the Maltese Political Union (MPU) Buhagiars with 6,553 votes (27.2 percent) each with 10 seats in the 32-member parliament. The Partit Laburista (PL) under its chairman William Savona was able to provide 7 members with 4,632 votes (19.2 percent), while Enrico “Nerik” Mizzi received 4,188 votes (17.4 percent) for the Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP) Reached 5 mandates.

First Prime Minister Buhagiar continued his government as a minority government , before he formed a coalition government with Mizzi's DNP on August 18, 1924 . On September 22, 1924, Buhagiar resigned and became a Supreme Court judge. The previous finance minister, Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, then took over the office of prime minister and formed his first cabinet as a coalition with the DNP Mizzis, although this government only had 15 of the 32 mandates.

minister

Office Surname Political party Remarks
prime minister Francesco Buhagiar Maltese Political Union
Finance minister Ugo Pasquale Mifsud Maltese Political Union at the same time, October 12, 1923 to August 18, 1924 Minister for Post, Trade and Industry
Minister of Justice Francesco Buhagiar
Carlo Mallia 		Maltese Political Union
Democratic Nationalist Party 		Buhagiar: term of office October 12, 1923 to August 18, 1924
Mallia: term of office August 18 to September 22, 1924
Minister of Education Monsignor Enrico Dandria Maltese Political Union
Minister for Public Works Giovanni Adami Maltese Political Union
Minister for Post, Trade and Industry Ugo Pasquale Mifsud
Enrico "Nerik" Mizzi 		Maltese Political Union
Democratic Nationalist Party		 Mifsud: term of office October 12, 1923 to August 18, 1924
Mizzi: term of office August 18 to September 22, 1924
Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture Antonio Dalli
Enrico "Nerik" Mizzi		 Maltese Political Union
Democratic Nationalist Party		 Dalli: term of office October 12, 1923 to August 18, 1924
Mizzi: term of office August 18 to September 22, 1924
Minister of Health Carm Mifsud Maltese Political Union

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