Eduardo Faleiro, former Indian union minister from Goa

Eduardo Faleiro (born 30 August 1940) is an Indian politician, and former federal minister from

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. In September 2006, he was the commissioner for non-resident Indian affairs for the Congress Government of Goa.

Biography

Faleiro was born on 30 August 1940. He was a Union Cabinet minister at the

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n federal government in

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from 1986 to 1996. Earlier, he was a member of the legislative assembly of Goa for a short while, before shifting to national-level politics. When the

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, a party he has associated with for most of his political career, was out of power, Faleiro was a member of the

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too, the upper house of the

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. Below is a list of posts held by him: * 1971-1976: Member,

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* 1974-1976: Deputy Leader, CLP (I),

* 1977: Elected to the Sixth Lok Sabha * 1980: Re-elected to the Seventh Lok Sabha * 1982-1986: Chairman, Economic Development Corporation * 1984: Elected to the Eighth Lok Sabha for the third consecutive time * 1985-1986: Chairman, House Committee * May 1986 to February 1988: Union Minister of State, External Affairs February 1988 to December 1989: Union Minister of State, Economic Affairs (Finance) * 1989-1990: Elected to the Ninth Lok Sabha for the fourth time * 1990: Member, Committee of Privileges; Member, Consultative Committee; Ministry of Planning and Program Implementation * 1991: Elected to the Tenth Lok Sabha for the fifth time * 1992: Leader of the Indian Delegation to the

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* 23 June 1991 to January 1993: Union Minister of State, External Affairs * 18 January 1993 to April 1996 – Union Minister of State, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Ocean Development, Electronics, Parliamentary Affairs * 1995: Vice Chairperson of Independent World Commission on Oceans * 26 July 1999: Elected Member of

(Council of States) In March 2006, Mr Faleiro was appointed commissioner for Non-resident Indian Affairs by the

Government of Goa The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa. History The governor's role is ...

, with the rank of a cabinet minister. 2007: Chairman of Universal Peace Federation of India (non-governmental organization in consultative status in the Social and Economic Council of the United Nations)

Honours

Faleiro was honoured by the

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with the 'Grande Oficial da Ordem do Infante da Henrique' in January 2017.

References

External links

Eduardo Faleiro, official page

Links via Google.com

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Faleiro, Eduardo 1940 births Living people People from South Goa district Indian Roman Catholics India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 Lok Sabha members from Goa Rajya Sabha members from Goa Indian National Congress politicians from Goa Portuguese people of Goan descent Indian National Congress (U) politicians