# Montenegro sworn prime minister of a Democratic Alliance minority cabinet Date: 2024 ## The fact On 2 April 2024 President [Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa](/people/marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa) swore [Luís Montenegro](/people/luis-montenegro) as prime minister of Portugal and swore the XXIV Constitutional Government at Palácio Nacional da Ajuda. The Democratic Alliance held a reported 80 seats in a 230-seat Assembly. ## Context He was PSD president. Costa’s November 2023 resignation had opened the 10 March 2024 snap. Costa and [Ventura](/people/andre-ventura) are unresolved. 2 April 2024 oath. Stored as one 2 April 2024 Fact. Keep Montenegro sworn prime minister of a Democratic Alliance minority cabinet on 2024-04-02 separate from neighbouring 10 March 2024 election, 2 April 2024 oath, 11 March 2025 confidence loss, 18 May 2025 snap, and 5 June 2025 re-oath. The Portuguese prime minister can swear a cabinet, table a confidence motion, and resign after it fails. He does not sit as the President, as Chega, or as the Public Prosecution Service. A 2 April 2024 oath is not authorship of every later circular. Sharing a legislature with Chega is not a reason to drop 11 March 2025. ## Evidence and sources Government of Portugal carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is the owned PSD-PM driver: a completed oath installing a minority AD cabinet after Costa. ## What is established and what is not Established: He swore as prime minister on 2 April 2024. The XXIV Government was sworn. Not established: A unique later seat integer as size, or that he sat as Chega. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Sharing the legislature with Chega is not a reason to drop 2 April 2024.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Montenegro sworn prime minister of a Democratic Alliance minority cabinet, not a later speech about Montenegro sworn prime minister of a Democratic Alliance minority cabinet. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Montenegro sworn prime minister of a Democratic Alliance minority cabinet on 2024-04-02 is not a licence to treat every later Government of Portugal communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Montenegro sworn prime minister of a Democratic Alliance minority cabinet into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He accepted the premiership. Sharing the legislature with Chega is not a reason to drop 2 April 2024. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Luís Montenegro: https://factrail.ai/people/luis-montenegro ## Drivers - Montenegro PSD PM: https://factrail.ai/drivers/montenegro-psd-pm ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugals-minority-government-be-sworn-stability-doubtful-2024-04-02/ - https://portugal.gov.pt/gc24/comunicacao/noticias/tomou-posse-o-xxiv-governo ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/pt-montenegro-oath-2024