Luis Proto Barbosa was an Indian politician from the state of
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 ...
. He served as the
Chief Minister of Goa for eight months in 1990.
Barbosa was a member of the
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
. He played a significant role in the historic Opinion Poll of 1967. He was one of the members elected to the first legislative assembly constituted after Goa's Liberation from Portuguese rule. He was also a doctor.
Barbosa headed a coalition government of 6 Congress defectors by joining in a coalition with the much larger 18 member Maharshtrawadi Gomantak Party.
ORMER CM LUIS PROTO BARBOSA PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84
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He was affectionately known as ''Poto Barboz''.
References
External links
Goa Assembly - Chief Minister Profile, official version
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Speakers of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Indian National Congress politicians from Goa
Chief Ministers of Goa
1927 births
2011 deaths
United Goans Party politicians
People from Margao
Goa, Daman and Diu MLAs 1963–1967