Francesco Buhagiar (7 September 1876 – 27 June 1934) was the second Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924).

[1] 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).

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.

[1] He died at 57 of complications from appendicitis at the Blue Sisters Hospital and was buried at the Addolorata Cemetery.

He is remembered as an accomplished jurist, a practical man and a highly respected politician.