Isabel Pires

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.

Early life
Pires was born on 21 June 1990 in Vila Nova de Gaia. She lived in Gaia until she was 19 when she moved to Lisbon to study. 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). She was a student activist, organinsing general strikes and demonstrations. 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.

Career
Pires worked in call centres.

Pires has been a member of the Left Bloc (BE) since 2008. She is a member of BE's political committee. She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2013. She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2015 legislative election. She was re-elected at the 2019 legislative election. 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. She was a temporary member of the Assembly of the Republic from February 2023 to August 2023, substituting for José Moura Soeiro. She was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in September 2023 following the resignation of Catarina Martins. 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.