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.
Isabel Pires | |
|---|---|
 Pires in January 2024 | |
| 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 |
Early life
editPires 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]
Career
editPires 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 José Moura 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]
Electoral history
edit| Election | Constituency | Party | No. | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Pires" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Entrevista a Isabel Pires" (in Portuguese). Os 230. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Lopes, Maria João (9 August 2015). "Isabel Pires: "Nunca pensei que o mercado laboral me interessaria tanto, a vida ensina-nos muito"". Público (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Isabel Pires é a candidata do Bloco à Assembleia Municipal de Lisboa" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Left Bloc. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Evolução do Nacionalismo Catalão: fatores institucionais e políticos, consequências e resultados". Repositório Universidade Nova (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: NOVA University Lisbon. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Isabel Pires" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Left Bloc. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Candidatos". Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Ministry of Internal Administration. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ 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 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Série I - Reunião Plenária de 10 de Fevereiro de 2023" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia da República (in Portuguese). Vol. XV/1.a, no. 88. Lisbon, Portugal. 11 February 2023. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Deputado do BE José Soeiro vai ser substituído por Isabel Pires durante quatro meses". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 9 February 2023. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Série I - Reunião Plenária de 7 de Junho de 2023" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia da República (in Portuguese). Vol. XV/1.a, no. 139. Lisbon, Portugal. 9 June 2023. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Série I - Reunião Plenária de 15 de Setembro de 2023" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia da República (in Portuguese). Vol. XV/2.a, no. 1. Lisbon, Portugal. 16 September 2023. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Catarina Martins formaliza renúncia ao mandato e é substituída por Isabel Pires". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Lusa News Agency. 11 September 2023. Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ 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 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 1-A/2017 - Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os órgãos das autarquias locais de 1 de outubro de 2017" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 2017, no. 231. Lisbon, Portugal. 30 November 2017. pp. 6502-(225). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via National Elections Commission.
- ^ "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.