Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes (born 28 February 1982) is a

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civil engineer, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national

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of Portugal. A member of the

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party, she has represented

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since March 2024.

Early life

Lopes was born on 28 February 1982 in the United Kingdom. She moved to Portugal at the age of two and lives in

. She has a degree in

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(2005) from the

Instituto Superior Técnico The Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, also known as Técnico, and stylized TÉCNICO LISBOA; English: ) is the school of engineering and technology of the University of Lisbon. It was founded as an autonomous school in 1911, and was integrated in ...

(IST). She also has a

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(2008) in mobility and transport from IST.

Career

Lopes is a

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by profession, specialising in transport and planning. She worked for Infraestruturas de Portugal until 2022. She has been a storyteller of children's books since 2018 and has also done theatrical work. 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. She has been a member of the

party since its foundation in 2013 and was part of the Contact Group, the party's

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, from 2015 to 2022. She was a

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to LIVRE's parliamentary office from 2022 to 2024. She has been a member of

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since 2021. At the 2022 legislative election Lopes was placed second on LIVRE's

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of candidates in

but the party only won a single seat in the constituency. She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2024 legislative election. After the election the party's

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unanimously chose Lopes to be its leader.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes Lopes, Isabel 1982 births Instituto Superior Técnico alumni Living people LIVRE politicians Local politicians in Portugal Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 17th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Politicians from Lisbon Portuguese civil engineers Portuguese women engineers Storytellers Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)