| André Silva | |
| Office: | Member of the Assembly of the Republic |
| Term Start: | 23 October 2015 |
| Constituency: | Lisbon |
| Office2: | Spokesperson of People Animals Nature |
| Term Start2: | 26 October 2014 |
| Term End2: | 6 June 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Paulo Borges |
| Successor2: | Inês Sousa Real |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Party: | People Animals Nature (2012–2024) |
| Children: | 1 |
| Alma Mater: | Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra |
| Term End: | 28 May 2021 |
André Lourenço e Silva (born 2 April 1976) is a Portuguese former politician who was the spokesperson of People–Animals–Nature (PAN).
Silva was born in the Lisbon parish of São Cristóvão e São Lourenço (now Santa Maria Maior) on the same day that Portugal's current constitution was enacted.[1] He is a qualified civil engineer, and a vegetarian.[1] [2]
He succeeded Paulo Borges as spokesperson of PAN in October 2014. In the 2015 legislative election, he was top of the party's list in the Lisbon District, and was the first PAN representative elected to the Assembly of the Republic. This made them the first new party in parliament since the Left Bloc in 1999.[1] [2] He was re-elected in October 2019 along with three other members of his party, allowing them the number needed to form a parliamentary group.[3] In March 2021, Silva announced he was leaving the leadership of the party to dedicate more time to his family.[4]
Silva left PAN in February 2024, stating that the party had lost its "backbone" by casting the decisive vote in favour of a right-leaning Social Democratic Party and CDS – People's Party government in the 2023 Madeiran regional election.[5]