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Portuguese politician (born 1990)
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 .
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[2] She lived in Gaia until she was 19 when she moved to
Lisbon to study.
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[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).
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[3] She was a
student activist , organinsing general strikes and demonstrations.
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[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 .
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Career
Pires worked in
call centres .
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Pires has been a member of the
Left Bloc (BE) since 2008.
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[3] She is a member of BE's political committee.
[6] She has been a member of
Lisbon City Council since 2013.
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[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 .
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[12] She was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in September 2023 following the resignation of
Catarina Martins .
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[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
References
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"Deputados: Biografia - Isabel Pires" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from
the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024 .
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"Entrevista a Isabel Pires" (in Portuguese). Os 230. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024 .
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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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"Isabel Pires" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal:
Left Bloc . Archived from
the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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.
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"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.