Luís Montenegro
119th Prime Minister of Portugal since 2024 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves (born 16 February 1973)[2] is a Portuguese politician and lawyer currently serving as the Prime Minister of Portugal since 2024. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and leads the 24th Constitutional Government.
Luís Montenegro | |
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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 1 July 2022 | |
Secretary-General | Hugo Soares |
Preceded by | Rui Rio |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 1 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 29 June 2011 – 19 July 2017[1] | |
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 (1973-02-16) 16 February 1973 (age 51) Porto, Portugal |
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1991–present) |
Spouse |
Carla Montenegro
(m. 2000) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal |
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Montenegro was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from Aveiro from 2002 to 2018, leading his party's parliamentary group between 2011 and 2017. After being defeated by Rui Rio in his party's 2020 leadership election, he won against Jorge Moreira da Silva in 2022 and became President of the PSD.
Under Montenegro’s leadership, the PSD reached an agreement with the party CDS-PP and formed the centre-right Democratic Alliance ahead of the 2024 Portuguese legislative election. The Democratic Alliance took the most seats in the election with 80, two more than the Socialist Party. He was appointed Prime Minister by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, leading the XXIV Constitutional Government, a coalition minority government.