Luís Montenegro
Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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 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 |
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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(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]