Isabel Pires | |
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Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 14 September 2023 –25 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Catarina Martins |
Constituency | Porto |
In office 23 October 2015 –28 March 2022 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
Personal details | |
Born | Isabel Cristina Rua Pires 21 June 1990 Vila Nova de Gaia,Portugal |
Political party | Left Bloc |
Alma mater | NOVA University Lisbon |
Isabel Cristina Rua Pires (born 21 June 1990) is a Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the Left Bloc,she has represented Lisbon from October 2015 to March 2022 and Porto from September 2023 to March 2024. She had also been a temporary substitute member of the Assembly from February 2023 to August 2023.
Pires was born on 21 June 1990 in Vila Nova de Gaia. [1] [2] She lived in Gaia until she was 19 when she moved to Lisbon to study. [2] [3] She has a degree in political science and international relations from NOVA University Lisbon (she had started her studies in language,literature and culture before switching subjects). [2] [3] She was a student activist,organinsing general strikes and demonstrations. [3] [4] She received a master's degree in political science from NOVA in 2021 after producing a thesis titled Evolução do Nacionalismo Catalão:fatores institucionais e políticos,consequências e resultados. [1] [5]
Pires worked in call centres. [1] [3]
Pires has been a member of the Left Bloc (BE) since 2008. [2] [3] She is a member of BE's political committee. [6] She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2013. [3] [4] She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2015 legislative election. [7] She was re-elected at the 2019 legislative election. [8] At the 2022 legislative election Pires was placed third on BE's list of candidates in Porto but the party only won two seats in the constituency. [9] She was a temporary member of the Assembly of the Republic from February 2023 to August 2023,substituting for JoséMoura Soeiro. [10] [11] [12] She was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in September 2023 following the resignation of Catarina Martins. [13] [14] At the 2024 legislative election she was placed third on BE's list of candidates in Porto but the party again only won two seats in the constituency. [15]
Election | Constituency | Party | No. | Result | |
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2015 legislative [7] | Lisbon | Left Bloc | 4 | Elected | |
2017 local [16] | Lisbon Municipal Assembly | Left Bloc | 1 | Elected | |
2019 legislative [8] | Lisbon | Left Bloc | 5 | Elected | |
2021 local [17] | Lisbon Municipal Assembly | Left Bloc | 1 | Elected | |
2022 legislative [9] | Porto | Left Bloc | 3 | Not elected | |
2024 legislative [15] | Porto | Left Bloc | 3 | Not elected |
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