Churchill Braz Alemao (born 16 May 1949) is a former

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and former MP of the 14th

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of India. He was the MLA of Benaulim constituency in the state of

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Political career

Alemao was chief minister of Goa for a brief period in the early 1990s, and later became an MP representing the

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from 1996 to 1998.

Founding United Goans Democratic Party

Alemao founded the

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as an spinoff of the United Goans Party.

Congress days

In the late 1980s, Alemao quit the United Goans Democratic Party and joined the

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. He became Chief Minister for a 18 days as part of the Progressive Democratic Front led by Congress. He had to resign due to an internal split in the party. After that Luis Proto Barbosa became chief minister. Later, Alemao became an MP as Congress leader.

Save Goa Front

In March 2007, Alemao quit Congress and formed a regional party, the Save Goa Front. The party contested 17 seats and won 2, including his seat and Aleixo Lourenco's. After the election, no party won a majority and the Save Goa Front joined the Congress-led alliance to form a government.

Return to Congress

In January 2008, Alemao merged the Save Goa Front with Congress. He continued as an MLA and Minister in Goa during this period.

March 2012 elections

In the March 2012 elections to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Alemao lost to independent candidate Avertano Furtado by a margin of over 2000 votes. His brother Joaqium Alemao, who was then Minister in the

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, also lost as he could not retain his

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constituency. Churchill Alemao's daughter Valanka and Joaquim's son Yuri also lost the 2012 elections. All four candidates from the Alemao family suffered defeat. Churchill Alemao later blamed the then Chief Minister of Goa,

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and the Electronic Voting Machines for his defeat.

Entry into the All India Trinamool Congress

In 2014, after his daughter Valanka Alemao was denied candidature by the

party in the elections to the

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from the South Goa, Alemao resigned from the

and announced that he would contest the polls as an independent candidate. Two days later, Alemao joined the All India Trinamool Congress and was formally inducted in the party by Madan Mitra, a Minister of State in the Government of West Bengal. He contested the elections to the

from the

as a candidate of the All India Trinamool Congress and was defeated by Narendra Keshav Sawaikar of the

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. Alemao polled 11,941 votes in these elections.

Joining Nationalist Congress Party

On 17 October 2016 Alemao joined the

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(NCP) and declared his intent to contest the election on the NCP ticket. He won the Benaulim seat in 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election.

Return to AITC

Alemao again joined AITC on 13 December 2021.

Football

The football team

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...

, which is currently competing in

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, is owned by Alemao's family. His daughter Valanka Alemao is current CEO of the club.

References

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