Maria Helena do Rego da Costa Salema Roseta was born on 23 December 1947 and is a Portuguese architect, specialising in improvements to poorer neighbourhoods, and a politician who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic and President of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly and Mayor of Cascais.
11 Facts About Helena Roseta
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Maria Helena do Rego da Costa Salema Roseta was born in Lisbon on 23 December 1947.
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Helena Roseta was detained by the PIDE, the secret police of the Estado Novo, in the same year.
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Helena Roseta was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1975, and to the Assembly of the Republic in 1976.
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Helena Roseta ran the official PSD newspaper, Povo Livre.
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Between 1991 and 1995 Helena Roseta taught the subjects of Urbanism and Citizenship, and Urbanism and Municipalities at the Universidade Lusofona in Lisbon.
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Helena Roseta chaired the National Council of the Order of Architects from 2001 to 2007.
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Helena Roseta was the founder of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities.
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Helena Roseta was responsible for drafting the Local Housing Program in Lisbon.
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Helena Roseta was elected as a councillor, and was given the portfolio of Housing and Social Development.
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Helena Roseta maintained her position as President of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly in 2017 as a representative of the PS but resigned in October 2019 citing personal reasons and wanting to "change her life".