The first meeting of the Council of Ministers of the XXIV Constitutional Government began at 08:30 today in Lisbon.
At the end of the meeting there will be a press conference at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Lisbon.
On Tuesday, the head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, swore in the prime minister and then the 17 ministers of the minority executive formed by PSD and CDS-PP, in the Ambassadors’ Room of the Ajuda National Palace, 23 days after the early parliamentary elections on March 10.
The XXIV Constitutional Government will be complete with the swearing-in of the Secretaries of State, scheduled for Friday.