Isabel Mendes Lopes

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. She moved to Portugal at the age of two and lives in Lisbon. She has a degree in civil engineering (2005) from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). She also has a master's degree (2008) in mobility and transport from IST.

Career
Lopes is a civil engineer 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 LIVRE party since its foundation in 2013 and was part of the Contact Group, the party's executive body, from 2015 to 2022. She was a political advisor to LIVRE's parliamentary office from 2022 to 2024. She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2021. 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. She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2024 legislative election. After the election the party's parliamentary group unanimously chose Lopes to be its leader.