LISBON, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese Prime Minister-designate Antonio Costa on Tuesday pledged continuity and stability for his new minority government.
Costa announced the lineup of the new government after meeting with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the Belém Palace in Lisbon and winning his approval.
Costa told reporters that the new government will be "the continuity of what has been the governance of the last four years but more politically reinforced by election results."
Costa, also secretary general of the Socialist Party (PS), led his party to victory in the Oct. 6 elections, winning 106 seats in the 230-member assembly.
Costa's last minority government made outstanding economic achievements in the past four years with the support from Left Bloc (BE) and Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
In the new government, Mário Centeno, who is regarded as the "mastermind" behind the debt-ridden country's first balanced budget in over four decades, retained his portfolio as Finance Minister, while five new faces join the government for the first time.
It is noted that Pedro Siza Vieira's portfolio is broadened from Minister of Economy to Minister of Economy and Digital Transition, showing that the new government will pay more attention to digital economy to promote the country's role in the fourth industrial revolution.
The new government is about to inaugurate next week with an unspecified date, according to a note published on the website of the Presidency.
