Pedro Filipe Soares

Pedro Filipe Gomes Soares (born 15 February 1979) is a Portuguese mathematician and politician of the Left Bloc.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Soares.
Pedro Filipe Soares
Pedro Filipe Soares in 2022.
President of the Left Bloc's Parliamentary group
In office
6 December 2012 – 26 March 2024
Preceded byLuís Fazenda
Succeeded byFabian Figueiredo
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
23 October 2015 – 26 March 2024
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
27 September 2009 – 22 October 2015
ConstituencyAveiro
Personal details
Born (1979-02-15) 15 February 1979
Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Political partyLeft Bloc

Born in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro District, he graduated in Applied Mathematics from the University of Porto, and has a master's degree in remote sensing.[1] In 2001, aged 22, he ran for a city council seat, and four years later he was second on his party's electoral list in the district for the legislative elections.[1]

In 2009, Soares became the first Left Bloc politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic by Aveiro, and was re-elected in 2011.[1] On 6 December 2012, he was voted the party's parliamentary leader.[2] In the 2015 elections, Soares was elected to the Assembly for a third time, this time by Lisbon.[3]

References
  1. "Deputado Bloquista Pedro Soares esteve na iniciativa "Conversas na Biblioteca"" [Left Bloc deputy Pedro Soares was in the "Conversations in the Library" initiative] (in Portuguese). Castelo de Paiva. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. "Pedro Filipe Soares eleito hoje líder parlamentar" [Pedro Filipe Soares elected parliamentary leader today]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. "Biografia" [Biography] (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  • Profile at Left Bloc parliamentary party website (in Portuguese)
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