Narana Sinai Coissoró, GOIP GOC GCIH (born 3 October 1933), is a

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and retired politician of the right-wing

CDS – People's Party The CDS – People's Party ( pt, CDS – Partido Popular, derived from ''Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular'', CDS–PP)

( pt, Centro Democrático e Social/Partido Popular - CDS/PP).

Political activity

Narana Coissoró is a former

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to the Assembly of the Republic. He was leader of his party parliamentary group between 1978 and 1991.

Other activities

Coissoró is President of the Center for Oriental Studies of the ''Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas'' (ISCSP - Higher Institute of Political and Social Sciences), of the

Technical University of Lisbon The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL; pt, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, ) was a Portuguese public university. It was created in 1930 in Lisbon, as a confederation of preexisting schools, and comprised the faculties and institutes of veter ...

. He also heads the Goan Community Centre in Portugal.

Personal life

Narana Coissoró is married to Teresa da Costa Brandão, born at

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, by whom he has a daughter, Smitá da Costa Brandão Coissoró. He has a degree in law by the

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and a doctorate from

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Awards

* Grand Officer of the

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(09-06-1993) * Grand Officer of the Order of Christ (09-06-1995) * Grand Cross of the

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(30-01-2006)

Publications

References

1933 births Living people Portuguese Hindus Portuguese people of Goan descent Portuguese politicians of Indian descent Goa politicians CDS – People's Party politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) 20th-century Portuguese lawyers University of Coimbra alumni {{Portugal-politician-stub