Portugal's new government led by Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes will be sworn in on Saturday, the presidential Belem Palace said Friday.

When meeting President Jorge Sampaio, Santana Lopes submitted alist containing the names of his 19-member government.

The new government includes two more offices than that of former Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, who will become the new president of the European Commission, the European Union'sexecutive body.

Santana Lopes also showed his interest in the development of tourism by creating a ministry for the sector, of which Telmo Correira, parliamentary leader of the Popular Party, will be in charge.

On Monday, President Sampaio formally appointed Santana Lopes, Lisbon's former mayor and leader of the ruling center-right SocialDemocrats, as the new prime minister and tasked him with forming anew government.

Source: Xinhua