Fabian Figueiredo

Portuguese sociologist and politician

ConstituencyLisbon

Fabian Figueiredo
Figueiredo in 2024

Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2026
Constituency	Lisbon
In office 26 March 2024 – 2 June 2025
Constituency	Lisbon
In office 26 April 2021 – June 2021
Constituency	Lisbon
President of the Parliamentary Group of the Left Bloc
In office 26 March 2024 – 2 June 2025
Preceded by	Pedro Filipe Soares
Succeeded by	Vacant office

Personal details
Born	Fabian Filipe Figueiredo (1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 37)
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 as a member of the Assembly of the Republic, from March 2024 to June 2025 and also from April to June 2021.^[1]^[2]

Fabian Figueiredo studied Sociology in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra.^[3]

He was the national campaign director of Marisa Matias' 2016 presidential campaign.^[4] 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.^[5] He filled a crime complaint against Ventura after his controversial remarks about the Romani people.^[6] In 2021 he was once again a candidate for Mayor, failing once again to be elected.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

In 2025, after the Left Bloc suffered a defeat, gaining just 2% of the votes, he lost his seat.^[10] He returned to parliament in January 2026, following Mariana Mortágua's resignation, becoming the party's sole deputy.^[11]

Electoral history

2017 Loures City Council election

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^[12]

2021 Loures City Council election

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^[13]

References

↑ "Biografia". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
1 2 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.
↑ "Marisa Matias recebida com ovação do Coliseu do Porto". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ Bártolo, Frederico (2026-01-22). "Fabian Figueiredo e o regresso à AR: "Dedico-me a esta batalha como se fosse a mais difícil da minha vida"". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
↑ "Autárquicas 2017". SGMAI. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
↑ "Autárquicas 2021". SGMAI. Retrieved 1 November 2025.

2017 Loures City Council election

2021 Loures City Council election

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