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Ilda Figueiredo
Maria Ilda da Costa
Figueiredo
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 is a substitute for the
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
and the
Delegation to the EU-Romania
Joint Parliamentary Committee
.
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.
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
, and member of the Oporto
city council
.
Member of the Gaia
Municipal Assembly
.
She is a member of the
Central Committee
of the Portuguese
Communist Party
.
Since 1999, she has been a Member of the
European Parliament
.