Riding the wave of the global economic recovery and a tourism boom, Costa undid some of the austerity measures imposed by his predecessors
Playing to his advantage, Costa is seen as a pragmatic socialist and skilful tactician, capable of negotiating unlikely agreements or turning setbacks into opportunities. The corruption probe — while not formally closed — has since appeared to come apart, with a court determining in April there was no indication a crime had been committed.The Lisbon-born Costa was raised in intellectual circles frequented by his father, a communist writer with family roots in Goa, Portugal’s former colony in India, and his mother, a journalist and women’s rights advocate.
Four years later, he became justice minister. Then after a brief stint as a member of the European Parliament, he became interior minister in 2005 in the Socialist government of Jose Socrates.The move to municipal politics allowed Costa to distance himself from Socrates — who stepped down in 2011 after negotiating an international bailout for the country, and was arrested in 2014 on charges of corruption and tax evasion.
He led the Socialists to victory in the 2019 election, although they fell short of an outright majority.
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