The new Portuguese government came into being, and Luís Montenegro was officially sworn in as Prime Minister by the President of the Republic. Members of the government have been chosen. But some ministers are still there from the previous government, and they will continue to work. 

Luís Montenegro and the New Portuguese Government 2025

According to the official announcement of the New Portuguese GovernmPortugal new government 2025, Luis Montenegro is the new prime minister of Portugal. Who was born on 16 February 1973? Who is happily married or has 2 children? 

Luis Montenegro is a lawyer by profession. He has studied law at the Catholic University of Portugal. Post-graduation, he studied personal data protection law. He has also been the president of the general assembly of the Ferpinta group and Radio Popular.

He has been a member of the Assembly since 2002 and was elected consecutively in 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2015. He has played the role of a member for a total of 16 years till now. He worked as the president of the PSD group from 2011 to 2017.

The New Portuguese Government 2025 and the New Ministers 

A new development of the new Portuguese government is that state reform has started, which is led by Goncalo Matias. In 2015, he was working as the Secretary of State in the PSD government. This reform was first made in 1999, and in 2025, he will become a part of the government for the second time. Goncalo Matias will coordinate reforms in public administration. His main aim is to reduce bureaucracy.

The new Portuguese government of 2025 also includes a new face named Maria Lucia Amaral, who is in the position of Minister of Home Affairs. She has many responsibilities, like ensuring public security, managing electoral administration, and handling traffic issues. Under her, there are other major duties like managing immigration and refugee affairs.

Same Ministers with Different Roles in the New Government 

There have been a lot of changes in the new Portuguese government of 2025, where the prime minister has added many new ministers in the government. There are some old ministers who were working in other positions in the previous government, like Manuel Castro Almeida is now the minister of economy and territorial cohesion, who was earlier a deputy minister.

Many government domains have been merged. Margarida Balseiro Lopes was responsible for the Ministry of Youth and Modernization, earlier she will now also take charge of the additional culture and sports.

The New Portuguese Government 2025 and Major Duties in Parliament 

The total number of duties in the Portuguese government is 230, but after the recent elections, the number and distribution of seats in the previous government have also changed. Chega has become an important political force, which has 60 seats, and Partido Socialista has 58 seats, and it has become the third powerful political party.

Inciativa liberal IL, which is another political party, has also, when you talk about smaller left-wing parties, Livre has won 6 seats, and the PCP party has claimed 3 seats for itself. Bloco Esquerda BE won only one seat. PAN party hung in the assembly with just 1 seat, in which Ines Sousa is included. Juntos Pelo Povo JPP has only one seat in the assembly, which Filipe Sousa will represent. 

The New Portuguese Government 2025 and the Political Stability 

The Constitutional Government has restated the executive’s commitment to conversation with the opposition and social dialogue, but warns that the mandate’s purpose is to transform Portugal. Political stability is a joint commodity that must be preserved by both the majority government and the opposition.  

It is a necessary means, but not an end in itself.  It must exist to solve people’s concrete concerns, the country’s structural difficulties, and move it closer to Europe’s most advanced countries,” states the introduction to the 25th Constitutional Government’s program, which was delivered to parliament.

Government and Its Upcoming Agendas 

The 10 key areas for the next four years include state reform, economic growth, a commitment to security and controlled immigration, as well as strengthened defense. The Transformative agenda summarizes the government’s reformist vision and identifies the major axes of change that will guide the next four years.

At a time when voters expect more than words, this Agenda boldly takes on the mandate’s key goals, says the government.

The New Portuguese Government 2025 and Immigrants

When the government changes in any country or something new is brought about, new hopes arise among the citizens and even immigrants there. Just like people have many good hopes attached to the new government in Portugal. Your government is like a guide for you; it protects citizens at all costs. It ensures that common people satisfy the requirements of their laws, rules, and regulations, and they get rid of the common problem of living.

And especially when a new government comes to power in any country, people should give time to that new government and accept the reforms; new rules and laws brought by it, because every government wants the betterment of its citizens and wants to work for them, so we should give time too.

The expectations of migrants from the government of Portugal are such that the government, besides protecting the rights of its citizens, should also take care of immigrants. It is also the government’s responsibility to take care of the rights of immigrants, their security, and their every basic need.

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