Filipa Pinto

{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1971)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Portuguese name|Gonçalves|Pinto}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Filipa Pinto | honorific_suffix = | image = Filipa Maria Gonçalves Pinto.jpg | image_size = | caption = Pinto in September 2024

| birth_name = Filipa Maria Gonçalves Pinto | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|05|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Valongo, Portugal | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = LIVRE | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = University of Minho | occupation = | profession = Teacher | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''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.<ref name="AR">{{cite web |title=Deputados: Deputados em funções - Biografia - Filipa Pinto |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=8491 |publisher=Assembly of the Republic |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315232937/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=8491 |archive-date=15 March 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>

==Early life== Pinto was born on 29 May 1971 in Valongo.<ref name="AR"/><ref name="Verdade">{{cite news |title=Livre: Filipa Pinto eleita deputada pelo círculo do Porto |url=https://averdade.com/2159065854/livre-filipa-pinto-eleita-deputada-pelo-circulo-do-porto/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=A Verdade |date=19 May 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She grew up in the village of {{ill|Sobrado (Valongo)|lt=Sobrado|pt|Sobrado (Valongo)}}.<ref name="Os230">{{cite web |last1=Marques |first1=João |title=Entrevista a Filipa Pinto |url=https://www.os230.pt/filipa-pinto/ |publisher=Os 230 |language=pt |date=2 February 2025}}</ref> She has a Bachelor's degree in teaching Portuguese-English from the University of Minho (1993).<ref name="AR"/><ref name="Verdade"/>

==Career== After graduating Pinto was an intern in Caldas das Taipas before moving to Lisbon where she taught in São João da Talha and Loures.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dividida entre duas paixões: o ensino e a política |url=https://olouzadense.pt/2024/12/08/dividida-entre-duas-paixoes-o-ensino-e-a-politica/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=O Louzadense |date=8 December 2024 |location=Lousada, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She has taught at the Escola Secundária in Lousada since 1996.<ref name="Verdade"/> She also taught at the Instituto de Línguas – APAR in Penafiel, preparing students for the Cambridge Exams.<ref name="Verdade"/> She is also an advisor at the {{ill|National Education Council|pt|Conselho Nacional de Educação (Portugal)}}.<ref name="AR"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Conselheiros: Filipa Maria Gonçalves Pinto |url=https://cnedu.pt/pt/organizacao/conselheiros/2352-claudia-sofia-farinha-andre-2 |publisher=Conselho Nacional de Educação |access-date=20 May 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>

Pinto entered politics in 2019 when she unsuccessfully contested the 2019 European Parliament election as an independent candidate on LIVRE's list.<ref name="JNR">{{cite news |last1=Pimenta |first1=Rafaela |title=Valonguense candidata pelo Livre ao Parlamento Europeu |url=https://www.jornalnovoregional.pt/2024/05/valonguense-candidata-pelo-livre-ao-parlamento-europeu/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Jornal Novo Regional |date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206170309/https://www.jornalnovoregional.pt/2024/05/valonguense-candidata-pelo-livre-ao-parlamento-europeu/ |archive-date=6 December 2024 |language=pt}}</ref><ref name="ee19">{{cite web |title=Eleições europeias 26 maio 2019: Candidatos - L |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/europeias2019/candidatos.html |website=Eleições: Resultados dos Escrutínios Provisórios |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212121629/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/europeias2019/candidatos.html |archive-date=12 February 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She later joined LIVRE and is a member of the party's Contact Group, the party's executive body.<ref name="Os230"/> She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2022 legislative election in Porto but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency.<ref name="el22">{{cite web |title=Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022: Candidatos - Porto - L |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |website=Eleições: Resultados dos Escrutínios Provisórios |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |archive-date=16 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2024 legislative election in Porto but the party only won one seat in the constituency.<ref name="el24">{{cite web |title=Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024: Candidatos - Porto - L |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2024/candidatos |website=Eleições: Resultados dos Escrutínios Provisórios |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418050254/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2024/candidatos |archive-date=18 April 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Deputado do Livre Jorge Pinto pede suspensão de mandato |url=https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/politica/2644731/deputado-do-livre-jorge-pinto-pede-suspensao-de-mandato |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Notícias ao Minuto |agency=Lusa News Agency |date=4 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105164208/https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/politica/2644731/deputado-do-livre-jorge-pinto-pede-suspensao-de-mandato |archive-date=5 November 2024 |location=Oeiras, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2024 European Parliament election but the party failed to win any seats.<ref name="JNR"/><ref name="ee24">{{cite web |title=Eleições europeias 9 junho 2024: Candidatos - L |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/europeias2024/candidatos |website=Eleições: Resultados dos Escrutínios Provisórios |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She temporarily replaced Jorge Pinto in the Assembly of the Republic between October 2024 and January 2025 whilst he was on paternity leave.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputados: Alterações à composição |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/AlteracoesComposicaoPlenario.aspx |publisher=Assembly of the Republic |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427203256/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/AlteracoesComposicaoPlenario.aspx |archive-date=27 April 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rui Tavares encabeça lista do Livre por Lisboa, Jorge Pinto pelo Porto |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/eleicoes/legislativas-2025/2025-03-26-rui-tavares-encabeca-lista-do-livre-por-lisboa-jorge-pinto-pelo-porto-e6c6da80 |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Expresso |agency=Lusa News Agency |date=20 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401195946/https://expresso.pt/politica/eleicoes/legislativas-2025/2025-03-26-rui-tavares-encabeca-lista-do-livre-por-lisboa-jorge-pinto-pelo-porto-e6c6da80 |archive-date=1 April 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She was elected at the 2025 legislative election.<ref name="el25">{{cite web |title=Eleições legislativas 18 de maio de 2025: Candidatos - Porto - L |url=https://www.legislativas2025.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |website=Eleições: Resultados dos Escrutínios Provisórios |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Livre com maior percentagem de votos em Lisboa, Setúbal e Porto |url=https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/politica/2789095/livre-com-maior-percentagem-de-votos-em-lisboa-setubal-e-porto |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Notícias ao Minuto |agency=Lusa News Agency |date=19 May 2025 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Oeiras, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Filipa Pinto ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result |- | 2019 European<ref name="ee19"/> || Portugal || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || align=right|10 || Not elected |- | 2022 legislative<ref name="el22"/> || Porto || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || align=right|4 || Not elected |- | 2024 legislative<ref name="el24"/> || Porto || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || align=right|2 || Not elected |- | 2024 European<ref name="ee24"/> || Portugal || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || align=right|2|| Not elected |- | 2025 legislative<ref name="el25"/> || Porto || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || align=right|2 || '''Elected''' |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Filipa}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:LIVRE politicians Category:Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:Members of the 17th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:People from Lousada Category:Portuguese schoolteachers Category:University of Minho alumni Category:Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:People from Valongo