Luiz Montenegro has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Portugal. This comes after his center-right alliance won the parliamentary elections earlier this month, Le Monde writes, UNN reports .
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Souza said on Wednesday evening that he had appointed Luiz Montenegro as the new prime minister.
Portugal appointed its new prime minister on Wednesday after the final results of the March 10 election were announced following the counting of ballots abroad.
The 51-year-old lawyer and experienced parliamentarian replaced Antonio Costa of the Socialist Party, who had been in power since 2015 but lacked a stable parliamentary majority.
The information was released by the President's Office a few minutes after Montenegro, leader of Portugal's opposition center-right Democratic Alliance, concluded a meeting with the president.
