Fabian Figueiredo

Fabian Figueiredo
Figueiredo in 2024
President of the Parliamentary Group of the Left Bloc
In office
26 March 2024 – 2 June 2025
Preceded byPedro Filipe Soares
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
26 March 2024 – 2 June 2025
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
26 April 2021 – June 2021
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
BornFabian Filipe Figueiredo
(1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 36)
Political partyLeft Bloc
OccupationPolitician, sociologist

Fabian Filipe Figueiredo (born 14 January 1989) is a Portuguese politician and sociologist from the Left Bloc. He has served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic, from March 2024 to June 2025 and also from April to June 2021.[1][2]

Biography

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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]

In 2025, after the Left Bloc suffered a defeat, gaining just 2% of the votes, he lost his seat.[9]

Electoral history

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Loures City Council election, 2017

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Ballot: 1 October 2017
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
CDU Bernardino Soares 28,701 32.8 4 –1
PS Sónia Paixão 24,737 28.2 4 ±0
PSD/PPM André Ventura 18,877 21.5 3 +1
BE Fabian Figueiredo 3,107 3.5 0 ±0
CDS–PP Pedro Pestana Bastos 2,508 2.9 0 ±0
PCTP/MRPP João Resa 2,232 2.5 0 ±0
PAN Ana Sofia da Silva 1,824 2.1 1 new
Other parties 1,452 1.7 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 4,162 4.8
Turnout 87,600 52.31 11 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2017[10]

Loures City Council election, 2021

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Ballot: 26 September 2021
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS Ricardo Leão 25,777 31.5 4 ±0
CDU Bernardino Soares 23,756 29.1 4 ±0
PSD Nelson Batista 11,451 14.0 2 –1
CH Bruno Nunes 6,884 8.4 1 new
BE Fabian Figueiredo 3,170 3.9 0 ±0
IL Filomena Francisco 2,729 3.3 0 new
PAN Soraya Ossman 1,834 2.2 0 ±0
CDS–PP Jorge Gomes dos Santos 1,251 1.5 0 ±0
PCTP/MRPP João Resa 1,249 1.5 0 ±0
Blank/Invalid ballots 3,685 4.5
Turnout 81,786 48.32 11 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2021[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Fabian Figueiredo | Grupo Parlamentar do Bloco de Esquerda". parlamento.bloco.org. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  4. ^ "Autárquicas: Transportes e habitação são as grandes prioridades para o BE em Loures". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  5. ^ ""Há problemas com a comunidade cigana em Loures"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  6. ^ Cunha, Mariana Lima. "Fabian Figueiredo é o candidato do Bloco a Loures". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  7. ^ "Pedro Filipe Soares suspende funções para gozar licença parental". Esquerda.net. 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  8. ^ Begonha, Ana Bacelar (2024-03-13). "Fabian Figueiredo será o novo líder parlamentar do Bloco de Esquerda". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  9. ^ Renascença (2025-05-19). "Louçã, Marisa Matias, António Filipe e mais. Quem ficou de fora do Parlamento? - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  10. ^ "Autárquicas 2017". SGMAI. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Autárquicas 2021". SGMAI. Retrieved 1 November 2025.