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

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 (age 45)
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

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  1. ^ a b c "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.
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  • Profile at Left Bloc parliamentary party website (in Portuguese)