Helena Kida
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helena Kida | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kida in 2019 | |
| Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs | |
| Assumed office 20 January 2020 | |
| President | Filipe Nyusi |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Veríssimo[1] |
| Deputy Minister of Interior | |
| In office 13 November 2017 – 20 January 2020 | |
| President | Filipe Nyusi |
| Preceded by | Jose dos Santos Coimbra |
| Succeeded by | Vacant (2020) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1971 |
| Party | FRELIMO |
| Alma mater | Eduardo Mondlane University Federal University of Bahia |
| Profession | Judicial Magistrate |
Helena Mateus Kida is a Mozambican judicial magistrate and politician who has been the Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs since January 2020. A member of FRELIMO, Kida previously served as the deputy minister of interior from 2017 to 2020.
Kida was born on 12 October 1971 in what is today the Metangula district in the Niassa Province.[2] She attended the FRELIMO school in Maputo for her primary education before progressing on to the Francisco Manyanga Secondary School. Having finished school, Kida enrolled at the Eduardo Mondlane University Law School, from which she graduated in 1997. She earned a Master of Laws from the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil in 2004.[2] Prior to entering the judiciary, Kida completed a course at the Centre for Legal and Judiciary Training.[2]