João Pimenta Lopes

João Pimenta Lopes (born 12 April 1980) is a Portuguese politician, who, since January 2016, has served as a Member of the European Parliament, representing Portugal for the Portuguese Communist Party. He was appointed to replace Inês Zuber following her resignation.

On 2 March 2022, he was one of 13 MEPs who voted against condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.

Parliamentary service

 * Vice-Chair, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2016-)
 * Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
 * Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
 * Member, Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil