Premier Paolo Gentiloni is glad
Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno has been named
Eurogroup chief, premier's office sources said Monday, noting
that his name had been at the centre of talks Gentiloni had
after Pier Carlo Padoan pulled out of the race.
In particular, Centeno was discussed by Gentiloni in EU talks
at the EU-AU summit in Ivory Coast and the PSE summit in Lisbon,
they said.
Centeno, 50, is set to take over from Dutch Finance Minister
Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
He will assume the presidency of the euzone finance
ministers' group on January 13 2018 and will serve two and a
half years.
His first Eurogroup meeting as president will be on January
22.
He has been Portuguese finance minister since November 26,
2015.
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