Portugal's president invites caretaker PM to lead new government


Luis Montenegro, Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic Alliance (AD) leader, meets with Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at Belem Palace, following the final results of the general elections in Lisbon, Portugal, May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's president named Luis Montenegro, head of the centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) that won a snap national election on May 18, as the prime minister on Thursday and invited him to form his second minority government, the presidency said.

The AD won 91 seats in the 230-seat parliament - 11 more than in the previous legislature, but still far from a working majority - in an election marked by far-right party Chega replacing the Socialist Party (PS) as the main opposition force.

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