Isabel Pires

Pires was born on 21 June 1990 in Vila Nova de Gaia.^[1][2] She lived in Gaia until she was 19 when she moved to Lisbon to study.^[2][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).^[2][3] She was a student activist, organinsing general strikes and demonstrations.^[3][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.^[1][5]

Pires worked in call centres.^[1][3]

Pires has been a member of the Left Bloc (BE) since 2008.^[2][3] She is a member of BE's political committee.^[6] She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2013.^[3][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.^[10][11][12] She was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in September 2023 following the resignation of Catarina Martins.^[13][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]