Isabel de Lima Mayer Alves Moreira was born on 2 April 1976 and is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Socialist Party who has been serving as a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2011.
12 Facts About Isabel Moreira
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Isabel Moreira is known for her campaigns in favour of LGBT rights.
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Isabel Moreira's father had been an influential politician in Portugal in the mid-20th century, who was close to the repressive Estado Novo government and was for two years Minister of Overseas Territories.
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Isabel Moreira was educated at the Mira Rio college in Lisbon, a school linked to Opus Dei.
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Isabel Moreira has said that this led to her being distanced from religion.
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Isabel Moreira then did undergraduate studies in law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, followed by a master's degree in constitutional law.
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Isabel Moreira worked for the Agha Khan Foundation[1] in Portugal.
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Isabel Moreira was elected as a Deputy in the Assembly of the Republic in the 2011 legislative elections on the Socialist Party's list for Lisbon, although she did not join the PS until around 2013.
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Isabel Moreira was re-elected to the Assembly in 2015,2019 and 2022.
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Isabel Moreira is a member of the parliamentary committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees.
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Isabel Moreira has published several publications on the topic of fundamental rights.
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Isabel Moreira writes frequently in newspapers and has frequently participated in a political debate program on the channel RTP Informacao.