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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Portugal’s new prime minister promises to bring stability after narrow win

Leader of the Democratic Alliance Luis Montenegro
Montenegro has been invited to form a government after winning the most votes in Portugal’s election. Photograph: Miguel A Lopes/EPA

Portugal’s new prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has promised stable government after the country’s president invited him to try to form a minority administration that could face a rough ride in a hung parliament.

Montenegro, 51, was named prime minister early on Thursday after a long-awaited count of overseas votes confirmed a narrow victory in 10 March elections for his centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD).

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