Fabian Figueiredo | |
Office: | President of the Parliamentary Group of the Left Bloc |
Term Start: | 26 March 2024 |
Predecessor: | Pedro Filipe Soares |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1989 |
Party: | Left Bloc |
Occupation: | Politician, sociologist |
Term Start1: | 26 March 2024 |
Constituency1: | Lisbon |
Term Start2: | 26 April 2021 |
Term End2: | June 2021 |
Constituency2: | Lisbon |
Birth Name: | Fabian Filipe Figueiredo |
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]
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. 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]