Luís Montenegro

Luís Montenegro
Luís Montenegro
	Montenegro in 2024
Prime Minister of Portugal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 April 2024
President	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Preceded by	António Costa
President of the Social Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	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 (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	Lawyer; politician;

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.

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

↑ "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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[lusa-1] "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.

[2] Hubert, Hervé (2 April 2024). "President swears in the Prime Minister and ministers of the XXIV Constitutional Government". Pulse Portugal. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

[3] 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.

[4] 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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