# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helena-m-vaz-da-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:39:51.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helena-m-vaz-da-silva"
name: "Helena M. Vaz Da Silva"
slug: "helena-m-vaz-da-silva"
description: "Helena Vaz da Silva was one of the first and most influential cultural journalists in Portugal. She was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999."
tagline: "Portuguese politician and cultural journalist (1939-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helena_Vaz_da_Silva_MEP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1939-07-03"
deathDate: "2002-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Vaz_da_Silva"
    title: "Helena Vaz da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%85._%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "هيلينا ام. ڤاز دا سيلڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Vaz_da_Silva"
    title: "Helena Vaz da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Vaz_da_Silva"
    title: "Helena Vaz da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Vaz_da_Silva"
    title: "Helena Vaz da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Vaz_da_Silva"
    title: "Helena Vaz da Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17420920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump