Mr ... Mr. Portas announced his decision just before the current secretary of state for the treasury, Maria Luís Albuquerque, was to become finance minister, replacing Vítor Gaspar, who resigned Monday. Ms ... Gaspar, but Mr ... Mr ... Gaspar were known and that he had hoped that Mr. Gaspar’s departure would permit “opening a different political and economic cycle.”.
Vítor Gaspar was a key member of government as it struggles to repair its finances after taking a €78bn bailout two years ago ...The office of the country's president, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, announced Gaspar's resignation on its website and said he would be replaced by the treasury secretary, Maria Luís Albuquerque.