Helena Mateus Kida

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. Early life and education Kida was born on 12 October 1971 in what is today the Metangula district in the Niassa Province. 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. She was sworn in on 13 November. After Nyusi was sworn in for a second term as president in January 2020, he named his cabinet which saw Kida appointed as Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs.

In June 2023, Kida and her Rwanda counterpart, Soline Nyirahabimana, signed an extradition treaty as well as an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.

Kida is a member of the Central Committee of FRELIMO.