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Filipa Pinto
Portuguese politician (born 1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filipa Maria Gonçalves Pinto (born 29 May 1971) is a Portuguese teacher, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the LIVRE party, she was elected to represent Porto at the 2025 legislative election. She was previously a member of the Assembly between October 2024 and January 2025.[1]
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Early life
Pinto was born on 29 May 1971 in Valongo.[1][2] She grew up in the village of Sobrado.[3] She has a Bachelor's degree in teaching Portuguese-English from the University of Minho (1993).[1][2]
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After graduating Pinto was an intern in Caldas das Taipas before moving to Lisbon where she taught in São João da Talha and Loures.[4] She has taught at the Escola Secundária in Lousada since 1996.[2] She also taught at the Instituto de Línguas – APAR in Penafiel, preparing students for the Cambridge Exams.[2] She is also an advisor at the National Education Council.[1][5]
Pinto entered politics in 2019 when she unsuccessfully contested the 2019 European Parliament election as an independent candidate on LIVRE's list.[6][7] She later joined LIVRE and is a member of the party's Contact Group, the party's executive body.[3] She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2022 legislative election in Porto but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency.[8] She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2024 legislative election in Porto but the party only won one seat in the constituency.[9][10] She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2024 European Parliament election but the party failed to win any seats.[6][11] She temporarily replaced Jorge Pinto in the Assembly of the Republic between October 2024 and January 2025 whilst he was on paternity leave.[12][13] She was elected at the 2025 legislative election.[14][15]
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