Isabel Mendes Lopes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rendeiro Marques and the second or paternal family name is Mendes Lopes.
Isabel Mendes Lopes
Lopes in June 2021
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 March 2024
ConstituencyLisbon
Member of Lisbon City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 2021
Personal details
Born
Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes

(1982-02-28) 28 February 1982 (age 42)
United Kingdom
Political partyLIVRE
Alma materInstituto Superior Técnico
OccupationCivil 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

Electoral history of Isabel Mendes Lopes
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2021 local[11] Lisbon Municipal Assembly LIVRE More Lisbon 8 Elected
2022 legislative[9] Lisbon LIVRE 2 Not elected
2024 legislative[10] Lisbon LIVRE 2 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b c "Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Mendes Lopes" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Bernardino, Carla (19 March 2024). "Quem é Isabel Mendes Lopes, a nova líder da bancada parlamentar do Livre". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Porto, Portugal. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Isabel Mendes Lopes eleita líder parlamentar do Livre". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Lusa News Agency. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Begonha, Ana Bacelar (19 March 2024). "Livre escolhe Isabel Mendes Lopes para líder parlamentar". Público (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Ferreira, Marina (19 March 2024). "Isabel Mendes Lopes será líder parlamentar do Livre na Assembleia da República". Observador (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Isabel Mendes Lopes" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: LIVRE. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ Coelho, Liliana (20 January 2020). "O Livre para lá de Joacine: quem são as (novas) caras do partido?". Expresso (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Isabel Mendes Lopes" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: LIVRE. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  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" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 2021, no. 231. Lisbon, Portugal. 29 November 2021. pp. 57-(311). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via National Elections Commission.