Zinha Vaz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zinha Vaz

Bissau-Guinean women's right activist and politician

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1952

Place of Birth: Bissau, Bissau Autonomous Sector, Guinea-Bissau

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Francisca Maria Monteira e Silva Vaz Turpin, better known as Zinha Vaz (born 4 October 1952), is a Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician.
She has been a member of the National People's Assembly for several terms for the Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement, as well as a presidential advisor.
In 1999 she served for a brief time as mayor of the capital city Bissau.
She was jailed for political reasons for three years during the 1970s and in 2003 again for several days.
Recently she was ambassador to Gambia.