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NATIONALITY	Indian
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26th 1951
MARITAL STATUS	Married
ADDRESS	"Luchel", Caminho De Monte, Borda, Margao-Goa
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS	M.COM, L.L.B.
PROFESSION	Political Activist, Hotel Industry, Legal Practice
PARTY RESPONSIBILITIES NATIONAL LEVEL	Member Congress Working Committee (Permanent Invitee) In-charge of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Sikkim States
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS HELD	June 1999 : Chief Minister with portfolios of Home, Finance, General Administration, Personnel, and Information Technology. November 1998 : Chief Minister with portfolios of Home, Personnel, General Administration, Vigilance, and Planning. June 2005 : Cabinet Minister for Industries, Education and Factories & Boilers. December 1994 : Cabinet Minister for Industries, Legislative Affairs, Law and Judiciary, and Labour & Employment January 1990 : Cabinet Minister for Urban Development Including Municipalities, Social Welfare, Law and Judiciary, Legislative Affairs, Revenue, Labour & Employment and Housing including Housing Board
OTHER POSITIONS HELD	Ø       President, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Ø       Leader of Opposition Government of Goa Ø       Deputy Leader of Opposition, Government of Goa Ø       General Secretary, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Ø       Executive Member, National Advisory Council Catholic Bishop’s Ø       Conference of India  Ø       Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Government of Goa Ø       Life Member, Goa International Centre, Goa Ø       Chairman, Land Army Corporation Ø       Chairman, Estimates Committee Ø       Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances Ø       Chairman, Demands-related ad-hoc Committee on Finance Ø       Chairman, Library Committee Ø       President, Progressive Entrepreneurs Association, Goa Ø     Secretary, Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes Memorial Trust, Goa
REPRESENTED LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GOA	1980-84 : Member, Fifth Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu 1984-89 : Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu 1989-1994 : Member, First Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa 1994-1999 : Member, Second Legislative Assembly of The State of Goa 1999-2003 : Member, Third Legislative Assembly of The State of Goa 2002-2007 : Member, Fourth Legislative Assembly of The State of Goa
MEMBER LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES	Ø       Member, Panel of Presiding Members, Ø       Member, Committee on Delegated Legislation Ø       Member, Public Accounts Committee Ø       Member, Rules Committee Ø       Member, Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Board Ø       Member, Business Advisory Committee Ø       Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Ø       Member, Budget Committees Ø       Member, Select Committee on Bill No. 29 Private Nursing Home (Regulation) Bill, 1986 Ø       Member, Select Committee on Bill No.7 of 1987- the Goa Private Nursing Home (Regulation) Bill, 1987 Ø       Member, Select Committee on Bill No. 16 of 1989- the Goa University (Amendment) Bill, 1989 Ø       Member, Select Committee on Bill No. 11of 1989- the Goa Regulation of the use of Pre-natal Diagnosis Bill, 1989 Ø       Member, Housing Committee to Investigate into the Electronic City at Verna Ø       Member, Select Committee on Bill No.1of 1991- the Goa Regulation of Employment and conditions of Service of Migrant Workmen Bill 1991 Ø       Member, House Committee to lead the case of State of Goa for higher Central Assistance, before the Government of India
OUTSTANDING POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS	Ø        Elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Goa for six consecutives terms with highest margin of votes in 1980, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1991 and 2003 (Declared elected unopposed in 1989) Ø        Led the Campaign for Statehood Ø        Led the Campaign for Official Language (Konkani) Ø        Led the Campaign for Protection of Goa’s Environment Ø        Led the Campaign for the Welfare for Goa’s Backward Classes Ø        Led the Campaign for the Promotion of Quality of Education  Ø        Led the Indian Delegation to the ILO/UNO in Geneva in 1995 as Deputy Leader of India Delegation Ø        Represented India at the Advisory Committee on Protection of Seas convention to Lisbon in 1993 Organized by the Government of Portugal and UN Ø        Led the Goa Industrial Delegation to Portugal in 1995 Ø        Led the Goa Industrial Delegation to U.S.A in 1997
HONOURS & AWARDS (STATE & NATIONAL LEVEL)	Ø        “National Award” Ten Young Outstanding persons Award National Jaycees, 1987 Ø        “State Award” Goa Daman & Diu State Jaycees Award Ø        “Man of the Year” Award Gulab, Goa, 1984
TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES	Ø        President,  Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited Employees union (1977) Ø        President,  Mandovi Pellets Limited Workers Union (1978) Ø        President, MRF Workers Union (1978)
SOCIAL-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES	Ø         Up –liftment of poor and downtrodden
SPECIAL INTERESTS	Ø        Ecology and Nature
FAVOURITE PASTIME	Ø        Swimming and Gardening
PUBLISHED BOOKS	Ø        Agenda for the decade, Employment for all by 2001 Ø        Goa Black on White Ø        My Goa- an autobiography (1994)
COUNTRIES VISITED	U.S.A., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Germany, Switzerland, France, U.K., Sweden, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, The Vatican, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Srilanka, Auatralia And New Zealand.
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