The Team

Estrela Chaby

Estrela Chaby

DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN

Estrela Chaby is a Judge, having joined the Centro de Estudos Judiciários in 1997. In jurisdiction, she exercised functions in the general jurisdiction, in the civil area and in the family and children’s area. She graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (1994), post-graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon…

Ravi Afonso Pereira

Ravi Afonso Pereira

Deputy Ombudsman

Ravi Afonso Pereira was born in Lisbon in 1981. He graduated in Law from the Law Faculty of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2004), where he is currently completing his doctoral dissertation. He is a researcher in the areas of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and European Constitutional Law, and author of scientific articles published in Portugal and abroad. He was…

Helena Afonso

Helena Afonso

Secretary-General

Helena Afonso was born in Mozambique in 1967. She holds a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (1985/1990) and a post-graduate degree in European Studies from the European Institute of the same Faculty. She has first practiced as a lawyer, and then has held technical, intermediate and senior management positions in the Public…

Eva Gaspar

Eva Gaspar

Head of Cabinet

Eva Gaspar has a degree in Economics from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. She was a correspondent for Diário Económico (1994-2002) and RDP-Antena 1 (1999-2002) for the European Union institutions in Brussels. She was chief editor and columnist for Jornal de Negócios (2003-2017). She collaborated with TSF, SIC, RTP and Sábado magazine, and in…

Miguel Feldmann

Miguel Feldmann

Coordinator - National Preventive Mechanism

Miguel Feldmann was born in Lisbon on 18th October 1967. He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica de Lisboa and attended the Institute of European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Jurist and lawyer, he performed functions as Advisor to the Ombudsman between 1999 and 2007. Having integrated the office of the Secretary…

Cristina Sá Costa

International Relations

Cristina Sá Costa was born in Porto, on 16 September 1970. She is a graduate of the Lisbon University Law School and has a post-graduate degree in Public Law from the Portuguese Catholic University. She attended the Ordem dos Advogados (Portuguese Bar Association) training course. She worked as an adviser to the Ombudsman between 1994 and 2000, having subsequently worked…

Jorge Silva Sampaio

Adviser to the Cabinet

Jorge Manuel da Silva Sampaio has a doctorate (2022), a master’s degree (2011) and a degree in Law (2005), in the area of Legal and Political Sciences, from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (FDUL). In terms of teaching and research activity, he is currently a guest Assistant Professor at FDUL, where he has been teaching since…

Ricardo Neves

Specialist

Ricardo Neves has a law degree (2015) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He is currently a guest assistant and master’s student in Administrative Law at the same institution, where he has been teaching Introduction to the Study of Law and Administrative Law since 2020. He also has a postgraduate degree in Arbitration Law from the…

João Tornada

Specialist

João Tornada holds a Master’s degree (2019) and a Bachelor’s degree in Law (2015) from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon. He is currently a visiting assistant and doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he has been teaching since 2022, in the areas of Constitutional Law (Fundamental Rights,…

Born in Coimbra in 1971. Graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (1995), where she completed the academic part of the Masters’ in Legal and Political Sciences (1998-1999) and the postgraduate degree in Medical Law (2003-2004). There she was also Trainee-Assistant, in the subjects of Constitutional Law and Political Science and Public and European…

Elsa Maria Henriques Dias

Elsa Maria Henriques Dias was born in Alverca do Ribatejo on the 10 March, 1966. She holds a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, with postgraduate degrees in European Studies and on Organizations’ Fiscal Management. She was legal advser at the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of Lisbon and was a lawyer…

João António Portugal

João António Portugal was born in Leiria on the 27th January, 1965. He holds a degree in Law (Political and Legal Sciences) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He was a trainee assistant professor in Political Science, Constitutional Law and Public International Law. Since 1993, he has been working at the Ombudsman. From 1998 till 2022,…

Miguel Menezes Coelho

Miguel Menezes Coelho

Coordinator

Miguel Menezes Coelho holds a degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He was the coordinator of the Legal Office of the League for the Protection of Nature and legal adviser to the office of the Board of Directors of CTT (postal services). He began his duties at the Ombudsman’s Office in 1993. He is currently…

Teresa Bessa

Teresa Bessa

Coordinator

Maria Teresa de Lemos dos Santos Bessa was born in Coimbra, on January 5th, 1968. She has a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and a post-graduate degree in Political-Administrative Sciences (administrative branch) from the same Faculty. She practiced law and was Sub-Inspector General in the General Inspection of Justice Services. She began…

Cristina Sousa Machado

Cristina Sousa Machado

Member of the Cabinet

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Lina Rocha Mascarenhas

Lina Rocha Mascarenhas

Personal Secretary

Lina Rocha Mascarenhas was born in Lisbon on the 22 June, 1963. She studied Secretarial Techniques and attended the Translators and Interpreters Course of the Superior Institute of Languages and Administration. She entered the Ombudsman’s Office in 1996 and since then has worked as Personal Secretary of successive Ombudspersons. Previously, she had been the Secretary of the Office of the…

Sara Patrícia Santos Duarte

Sara Patrícia Santos Duarte

Personal Secretary

Sara Patrícia Santos Duarte was born in Coimbra on the 6th December, 1976. She holds a degree in Modern Languages and Literature from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra (2001). She has been Secretary to the Office of the Ombudsman since 2013, accumulating, since 2016, the same function in the National Prevention Mechanism. Between 2009 and 2013…

Susana Santos

Susana Santos

Personal Secretary

Susana Santos was born in Lisbon in 1977. She holds a degree in Marketing and Consumer Affairs from Instituto Superior de Santarém (2002). As part of the Socrates-Erasmus program, she attended classes at Hogescholl West-Vlaanderen and was an interna t the Chemistry Company Corn, Van Loocke in Bruges, Belgium. Between 2003 and 2005 she provided technical and administrative support to…

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