Helena Mateus Kida is a Mozambican judicial magistrate and politician who has been the Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs since January 2020.

[2] Kida started her career in the judiciary as a district judge of the Chibuto Judicial Court in the Gaza Province in 2006.

[2] In November 2017, Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi appointed her as Deputy Minister of Interior, replacing Jose dos Santos Coimbra.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.