Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Indian-origin Antonio Costa is new Portugal Prime Minister Indian-origin Antonio Costa is new Portugal Prime Minister

Indian-origin Anibal Cavaco Silva has appointed Goa-origin Antonio Costa as the new prime minister of Portugal after the election held on October 4.Costa’s Socialist Party (PS) did not win the election.
  • He is the latest in the large Indian diaspora across the globe to reach top political positions  from Fiji to many countries.
About Antonio Costa :
  • Costa is the son of prominent novelist Orlando da Costa, whose writings included essays on Rabindranath Tagore. He has held several positions in previous governments and in the European Union.
  • Portugal was the first western countryto colonise parts of India in the early sixteenth century, and the last to leave, on December 19, 1961.
Key points :
  • Portugal Capital : Lisbon
  • PortugalCurrency : Euro

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