Bank of Portugal economist Centeno named finance minister


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

Portugal's Socialist party (PS) leader Antonio Costa speaks to the media after a meeting with Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva at Belem Palace in Lisbon November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva has accepted the lineup of a new Socialist government in which Bank of Portugal economist Mario Centeno will serve as finance minister, and will swear it in on Thursday, his office said in a statement.

With a PhD from Harvard, Centeno, 48, is an expert on labour market issues.

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