Luís Montenegro
Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves (born 16 February 1973)[1] is a Portuguese Social Democratic Party (PSD) politician who has been the Prime Minister of Portugal since 2024. He was the Leader of the Opposition from 2022 to 2024. He was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from the Aveiro District from 2002 to 2018.
Luís Montenegro | |
|---|---|
 Montenegro in 2024 | |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2024 | |
| President | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Preceded by | António Costa |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | Hugo Soares |
| Preceded by | Rui Rio |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 3 July 2022 – 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Rui Rio |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Nuno Santos |
| President of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 20 June 2011 – 6 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Macedo |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Soares |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 26 March 2024 – 2 April 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 4 April 2002 – 5 April 2018 | |
| Constituency | Aveiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves 16 February 1973 Porto, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1991–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Carla Montenegro
(m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal |
| Occupation |
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He lost to Rui Rio in his party's leadership election in 2020. He ran again for the party leadership after Rio's resignation in 2022, winning the position.
Montenegro was sworn-in as Prime Minister of Portugal on 2 April 2024 at a ceremony in the Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon.[2][3] Before taking office, Montenegro promised to govern with a minority government instead of forming a coalition with the right-wing populist party Chega.[4]
References
change- ↑ "Luís Montenegro, de rosto do Governo de Passos Coelho a candidato a líder do PSD" [Luís Montenegro, from face of Passos Coelho's government to lider of the PSD]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ↑ Hubert, Hervé (2 April 2024). "President swears in the Prime Minister and ministers of the XXIV Constitutional Government". Pulse Portugal. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ↑ Céu, Beatriz (21 March 2024). "Luís Montenegro apresenta Governo dia 28 de março e toma posse a 2 de abril" [Luís Montenegro presents Government on 28 March and takes office on 2 April]. CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ↑ Kassam, Ashifa (19 March 2024). "'It's a really big threat': Portuguese minorities on the rise of the far right". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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