Ilda Figueiredo

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Maria Ilda da Costa Figueiredo (born 30 October 1948 in Troviscal) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.

She was born on 30 October 1948 in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee.

[edit] Education

• In 1973 she was a graduated with an M.A. in Economics.
• In 1998 she entered the Educational Planning and Administration.
• She served as an economist for the Oporto Textile Workers' Union and the Oporto Trade Union Confederation of CGTP.
• She has been a teacher at primary, secondary and university levels.
• She is a member of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).

[edit] Career

• From 1979-1991 she was a member of the Assembly of the Republic.
• She was a member of Vila Nova de Gaia town council (1983-1991) and member of the Oporto city council.
• Member of the Gaia Municipal Assembly.
• Since 1999 she has been a Member of the European Parliament.

[edit] External links

• Official website at the EP group: www.europarl.eu.int/gue/tree/gstruct/en/members/figueire.htm
• European Parliament biography of Ilda Figueiredo (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Portuguese)