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

She was 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 to 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.
• She is a member of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
• From 1999 to 2012, she was a Member of the European Parliament.