Isabel Mendes Lopes Explained

Isabel Mendes Lopes
Office1:Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Constituency1:Lisbon
Term Start1:26 March 2024
Office2:Member of Lisbon City Council
Term Start2:October 2021
Birth Name:Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes
Birth Date:28 February 1982
Birth Place:United Kingdom
Party:LIVRE
Alma Mater:Instituto Superior Técnico
Occupation:Civil engineer

Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes (born 28 February 1982) is a Portuguese civil engineer, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the LIVRE party, she has represented Lisbon since March 2024.

Early life

Lopes was born on 28 February 1982 in the United Kingdom.[1] She moved to Portugal at the age of two and lives in Lisbon.[2] [3] She has a degree in civil engineering (2005) from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).[4] She also has a master's degree (2008) in mobility and transport from IST.[1] [5]

Career

Lopes is a civil engineer by profession, specialising in transport and planning.[1] [6] She worked for Infraestruturas de Portugal until 2022.[5] She has been a storyteller of children's books since 2018 and has also done theatrical work.[2]

Interested in building a more just and dignified society and strengthening democracy, Lopes was involved with the Congresso Democrático das Alternativas (Democratic Congress of Alternatives) and similar organisations.[7] She has been a member of the LIVRE party since its foundation in 2013 and was part of the Contact Group, the party's executive body, from 2015 to 2022.[4] [8] She was a political advisor to LIVRE's parliamentary office from 2022 to 2024.[3] [4] She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2021.[3] [5] At the 2022 legislative election Lopes was placed second on LIVRE's list of candidates in Lisbon but the party only won a single seat in the constituency.[9] She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2024 legislative election.[10] After the election the party's parliamentary group unanimously chose Lopes to be its leader.[2] [4]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colNo.scope=colResult
2021 local[11] More Lisbon 8 Elected
2 Not elected
2 Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Mendes Lopes . 29 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240328234828/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=7356 . 28 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  2. News: Bernardino . Carla . Quem é Isabel Mendes Lopes, a nova líder da bancada parlamentar do Livre . 29 March 2024 . . 19 March 2024 . Porto, Portugal . pt.
  3. News: Isabel Mendes Lopes eleita líder parlamentar do Livre . 29 March 2024 . . . 19 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  4. News: Begonha . Ana Bacelar . Livre escolhe Isabel Mendes Lopes para líder parlamentar . 29 March 2024 . . 19 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240327144244/https://www.publico.pt/2024/03/19/politica/noticia/livre-escolhe-isabel-mendes-lopes-lider-parlamentar-2084030 . 27 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  5. News: Ferreira . Marina . Isabel Mendes Lopes será líder parlamentar do Livre na Assembleia da República . 29 March 2024 . . 19 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240327235329/https://observador.pt/2024/03/19/isabel-mendes-lopes-sera-lider-parlamentar-do-livre-na-assembleia-da-republica/ . 27 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  6. Web site: Isabel Mendes Lopes . . 29 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240319141444/https://partidolivre.pt/?team=isabel-mendes-lopes . 19 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  7. News: Coelho . Liliana . O Livre para lá de Joacine: quem são as (novas) caras do partido? . 29 March 2024 . . 20 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121231945/https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-01-20-O-Livre-para-la-de-Joacine-quem-sao-as--novas--caras-do-partido- . 21 November 2023 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  8. Web site: Isabel Mendes Lopes . . 29 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193155/https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2022/lisboa/isabel-mendes-lopes . 13 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  9. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 . . 29 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos . 16 January 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  10. Web site: Candidatos . Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 . . 29 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos . 11 March 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.
  11. Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 1-2/2021 - Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os titulares dos órgãos das autarquias locais de 26 de setembro de 2021 . . 29 November 2021 . 2021 . 231 . 57-(311) . 23 March 2024 . National Elections Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216235758/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2021_mapa_resultados.pdf . 16 February 2024 . Lisbon, Portugal . pt.

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