Pedro Filipe Soares
Portuguese mathematician and politician (b. 1979)
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Pedro Filipe Gomes Soares (born 15 February 1979) is a Portuguese mathematician and politician of the Left Bloc.
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Pedro Filipe Soares | |
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Pedro Filipe Soares in 2022. | |
| President of the Left Bloc's Parliamentary group | |
| In office 6 December 2012 – 26 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Luís Fazenda |
| Succeeded by | Fabian Figueiredo |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 23 October 2015 – 26 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 27 September 2009 – 22 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Aveiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1979 Castelo de Paiva, Portugal |
| Party | Left 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]
Election history
Castelo de Paiva City Council election, 2001
Left Bloc leadership election, 2014
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| João Semedo Catarina Martins |
266 | 50.8 | |
| Pedro Filipe Soares | 258 | 49.2 | |
| Turnout | 524 | ||
| Source: Results[5] | |||
Matosinhos City Council election, 2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Luísa Salgueiro | 37,266 | 44.9 | 7 | –1 | |
| PSD/CDS | Bruno Pereira | 20,272 | 24.4 | 3 | +1 | |
| CH | António Parada | 11,472 | 13.8 | 2 | +2 | |
| IL | Filipe Garcia | 3,754 | 4.5 | 0 | ±0 | |
| CDU | José Pedro Rodrigues | 3,366 | 4.1 | 0 | –1 | |
| LIVRE | Diana Sá | 2,070 | 2.5 | 0 | new | |
| BE | Pedro Filipe Soares | 1,282 | 1.5 | 0 | ±0 | |
| PAN | Hugo Alexandre Trindade | 915 | 1.1 | 0 | ±0 | |
| ADN | Vasco Martins | 311 | 0.4 | 0 | new | |
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 2,345 | 2.8 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 83,053 | 55.45 | 11 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2025[6] | ||||||
