Fabian Figueiredo
Fabian Figueiredo | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Figueiredo in 2024 | |
| President of the Parliamentary Group of the Left Bloc | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Filipe Soares |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 26 April 2021 – June 2021 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fabian Filipe Figueiredo 14 January 1989 |
| Political party | Left Bloc |
| Occupation | Politician, sociologist |
Fabian Filipe Figueiredo (born 14 January 1989) is a Portuguese politician and Sociologist from the Left Bloc. He has served for a short period as a member of the Assembly of the Republic, from April to June 2021.[1] He was elected in the 2024 legislative election as a deputy from Lisbon.[2]
Biography
[edit]Fabian Figueiredo studied Sociology in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra.[3]
In 2017, he was the Left Bloc's candidate for Mayor of Loures, running, among others, against André Ventura, at the time the candidate from the PSD.[4] He filled a crime complaint against Ventura after his controversial remarks about the Romani people.[5] In 2021 he was once again a candidate for Mayor, failing once again to be elected.[6]
In 2019, he was the 7th candidate on the BE's list from Lisbon. He later became a member of the Assembly of the Republic, replacing Pedro Filipe Soares temporarily.[7]
In 2024, he was chosen as the 2nd candidate on the BE's list from Lisbon, only after party coordinator Mariana Mortágua, being elected to the Portuguese Parliament.[2] After the election, he was chosen by the Left Bloc's political commission as the parliamentary leader of the Left Bloc, succeeding Pedro Filipe Soares, who retired from politics.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ a b Santos, Ana Bacelar Begonha, Nuno Ferreira (2024-03-11). "Com Mortágua, Bloco mantém representação parlamentar e aumenta votos". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Fabian Figueiredo | Grupo Parlamentar do Bloco de Esquerda". parlamento.bloco.org. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "Autárquicas: Transportes e habitação são as grandes prioridades para o BE em Loures". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ ""Há problemas com a comunidade cigana em Loures"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Cunha, Mariana Lima. "Fabian Figueiredo é o candidato do Bloco a Loures". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "Pedro Filipe Soares suspende funções para gozar licença parental". Esquerda.net. 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Begonha, Ana Bacelar (2024-03-13). "Fabian Figueiredo será o novo líder parlamentar do Bloco de Esquerda". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-15.