Novo Governo para Portugal

Quarta-feira 03 Abril 2024 - 21:00

No dia 2 de abril, Luís Montenegro tomou posse como novo Primeiro-Ministro português, na sequência das eleições de 10 de março.

Luís Montenegro decided to form a Government with members of AD (PSD and CDS-PP, namely).

The Prime Minister decided to, as António Costa did previously, spread the ministers through 17 ministries, however, some were created by Luís Montenegro, as well as some joined other ministries.

Now, Portugal has 17 new ministers spread across various fields, who will work in various areas with the “solidary support and cooperation of the President of the Republic”, said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in a press conference after Luís Montenegro officially became Prime Minister.

One of the most challenging ministries will be the Health Ministry, which is led by Ana Paula Martins, who was in charge of Hospital Santa Maria and has a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Luís Montenegro chose Ana Paula Martins to provide “structural reforms that strengthen and preserves the National Health Service (SNS) as the base of the system, also taking into consideration the capacity of the private and social sector, with no useless ideological prejudices, having only one concern: the citizens”, said the Prime-Minister during his speech after entering into office.

The Government now also has a new ministry aimed at youth entitled Ministry of Youth and Modernisation, led by Margarida Balseiro Lopes, who has experience as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic. Now she is in charge of targeting measures for young people and “fighting against bureaucracy”, as said Luís Montenegro.

Joaquim Miranda Sarmento is in charge of the Ministry of Finances, while Pedro Reis was chosen to be Minister of the Economy. In the Legislative, the Ministry of Education has also the responsibility to deal with the Science and Innovation sector, its minister Fernando Alexandre. The Ministry of Education, Science, and Innovation will also deal with the teacher’s protests that demand better work conditions.