{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1982)}} {{Portuguese name|Rendeiro Marques|Mendes Lopes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Isabel Mendes Lopes | honorific_suffix = | image = Reunião com Livre, Lisboa, Mar.2024 (53603901675).jpg | image_size = | caption = Lopes in March 2024 | office1 = President of the LIVRE parliamentary group | term_start1 = 26 March 2024 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = ''Position created'' | successor1 = | office2 = {{MP PT}} | constituency2 = Lisbon | term_start2 = 26 March 2024 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_name = Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|02|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = LIVRE | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Instituto Superior Técnico | occupation = Civil engineer | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''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.<ref name="AR">{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Mendes Lopes |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=7356 |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328234828/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=7356 |archive-date=28 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She moved to Portugal at the age of two and lives in Lisbon.<ref name="JN">{{cite news |last1=Bernardino |first1=Carla |title=Quem é Isabel Mendes Lopes, a nova líder da bancada parlamentar do Livre |url=https://www.jn.pt/3563597385/quem-e-isabel-mendes-lopes-a-nova-lider-da-bancada-parlamentar-do-livre/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Jornal de Notícias |date=19 March 2024 |location=Porto, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref name="CM">{{cite news |title=Isabel Mendes Lopes eleita líder parlamentar do Livre |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/isabel-mendes-lopes-eleita-lider-parlamentar-do-livre?ref=Mais%20Sobre_BlocoMaisSobre |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Correio da Manhã |agency=Lusa News Agency |date=19 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She has a degree in civil engineering (2005) from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).<ref name="Público">{{cite news |last1=Begonha |first1=Ana Bacelar |title=Livre escolhe Isabel Mendes Lopes para líder parlamentar |url=https://www.publico.pt/2024/03/19/politica/noticia/livre-escolhe-isabel-mendes-lopes-lider-parlamentar-2084030 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Público |date=19 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327144244/https://www.publico.pt/2024/03/19/politica/noticia/livre-escolhe-isabel-mendes-lopes-lider-parlamentar-2084030 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She also has a master's degree (2008) in mobility and transport from IST.<ref name="AR"/><ref name="Observador">{{cite news |last1=Ferreira |first1=Marina |title=Isabel Mendes Lopes será líder parlamentar do Livre na Assembleia da República |url=https://observador.pt/2024/03/19/isabel-mendes-lopes-sera-lider-parlamentar-do-livre-na-assembleia-da-republica/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Observador |date=19 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327235329/https://observador.pt/2024/03/19/isabel-mendes-lopes-sera-lider-parlamentar-do-livre-na-assembleia-da-republica/ |archive-date=27 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>
==Career== Lopes is a civil engineer by profession, specialising in transport and planning.<ref name="AR"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Isabel Mendes Lopes |url=https://partidolivre.pt/?team=isabel-mendes-lopes |publisher=LIVRE |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319141444/https://partidolivre.pt/?team=isabel-mendes-lopes |archive-date=19 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She worked for Infraestruturas de Portugal until 2022.<ref name="Observador"/> She has been a storyteller of children's books since 2018 and has also done theatrical work.<ref name="JN"/>
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coelho |first1=Liliana |title=O Livre para lá de Joacine: quem são as (novas) caras do partido? |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-01-20-O-Livre-para-la-de-Joacine-quem-sao-as--novas--caras-do-partido- |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Expresso |date=20 January 2020 |archive-url=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- |archive-date=21 November 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Público"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Isabel Mendes Lopes |url=https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2022/lisboa/isabel-mendes-lopes |publisher=LIVRE |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193155/https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2022/lisboa/isabel-mendes-lopes |archive-date=13 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She was a political advisor to LIVRE's parliamentary office from 2022 to 2024.<ref name="CM"/><ref name="Público"/> She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2021.<ref name="CM"/><ref name="Observador"/> 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.<ref name="el22">{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |archive-date=16 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2024 legislative election.<ref name="el24">{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Internal Administration |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |archive-date=11 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> After the election the party's parliamentary group unanimously chose Lopes to be its leader.<ref name="JN"/><ref name="Público"/>
==Electoral history== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Isabel Mendes Lopes ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result |- | 2021 local<ref>{{cite magazine |title=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 |magazine=Diário da República |date=29 November 2021 |volume=2021 |issue=231 |pages=57-(311) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2021_mapa_resultados.pdf |access-date=23 March 2024 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216235758/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2021_mapa_resultados.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> || Lisbon Municipal Assembly || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || || More Lisbon || align=right|8 || '''Elected''' |- | 2022 legislative<ref name="el22"/> || Lisbon || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || || || align=right|2 || Not elected |- | 2024 legislative<ref name="el24"/> || Lisbon || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || LIVRE || || || align=right|2 || '''Elected''' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes Lopes, Isabel}} Category:1982 births Category:Instituto Superior Técnico alumni Category:Living people Category:LIVRE politicians Category:Local politicians in Portugal Category:Members of the 16th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:Members of the 17th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:Politicians from Lisbon Category:Portuguese civil engineers Category:Portuguese women engineers Category:21st-century storytellers Category:Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)