Portugal unveils new government after hung polls
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Lisbon: Portugal s new centre right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro unveiled his cabinet on Thursday, after his centre right coalition barely managed t...
Lisbon: Portugal's new centre-right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro unveiled his cabinet on Thursday, after his centre-right coalition barely managed to emerge top in a badly fractured parliament.
The 51-year-old lawyer was last week asked to form a government after the March 10 polls, which had resulted in a hung parliament.
Although the far-right party Chega party became the third-largest party after Montenegro's Social Democratic Party and the Socialists, he has refused to make any deals with them. But he will not have a stable working majority.
Late Thursday Montenegro sent his list of 17 ministers to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa then left the presidential palace without making a statement.
The list includes experienced politicians in key positions, including the ministries of finance, economy and foreign affairs, according to a statement released by the president's office.
