Catarina Vaz Vinto

Deputy Mayor for Culture of the City Hall of Lisbon since November 2009, she has a bachelor’s degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon) and postgraduate in European Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges)

She worked as a cultural manager and independent consultant in the areas of cultural policy and development, cultural and artistic education (2005-2009). She was Executive Coordinator of the Gulbenkian Programme for Creativity and Artistic Creation/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2003-2007) and a consultant for Quaternaire Portugal, SA, in the area of cultural projects and policy (2001-2005); Executive director and lecturer: Postgraduate in Cultural Mangement for Cities at the Institute for Business Management Development - INDEG / ISCTE (2001-2004); co-founder of Fòrum Dança Dance Cultural Association, acting as Chief Executive (1991-1995); State Secretary of Culture (1997 - 2000) and Deputy Minister of Culture (1995-1997).