Francisco Casimiro Jerónimo Agnelo Pinto de Souza (4 October 1954 – 14 February 2019), better known as Francis D'Souza, was an Indian lawyer, politician, and a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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who served as the
Deputy Chief Minister of Goa from March 2012 to March 2017. He had first unsuccessfully contested in the
1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 11 November 1989 to elect all 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
Results
Results by constituency
See also
* Goa Legislative Assembly
* Elections in Goa
References
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from the
Mapusa Assembly constituency
Mapusa Assembly constituency is one of the 40 assembly constituencies of Goa, a southern state of India. Mapusa is also one of the 20 constituencies that comes under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
It is part of North Goa district.
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as an
Independent
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candidate.
Political career
D'Souza was first elected to the
Goa Legislative Assembly
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The assem ...
in 1999 as the
Goa Rajiv Congress Party's candidate and later in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 as the
BJP candidate from the
Mapusa
Mapusa () is a city in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the state capital of Panaji. The city is the headquarters of Bardez taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. During Portuguese Indi ...
constituency. He was appointed Deputy Chief Minister when BJP formed a government in 2012 under
Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who was the Chief Minister of Goa for three terms. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence ...
's leadership and remained
Deputy Chief Minister
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when
Laxmikant Parsekar
Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar (born 4 July 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Goa, from 2014 to 2017. He was the member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Mandrem constituency, and he belonged to the Bharatiya J ...
became the Chief Minister. He was also front-runner to succeed
Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who was the Chief Minister of Goa for three terms. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence ...
as the chief minister.
Controversy
In July 2014, he landed into a controversy after publicly declaring that
India
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is a
Hindu nation and he was a ''Christian-Hindu''.
Death
D'Souza died on 14 February 2019 at the age of 64 following a battle with cancer.
Positions held
* 1985 – Elected as the Councillor of Mapusa Municipal Council.
* 1986–1988 – President of Mapusa Municipal Council.
* 1995 – Elected as the Councillor of Mapusa Municipal Council.
* 1998–2000 Chairman of Mapusa Municipal Council.
* 1999 – Cabinet Minister of Law, Election and Urban Development
* 2000–2002 – Cabinet Minister of Judiciary and Labour & Employment
* 2002–2005 – Cabinet Minister of Information Technology, Law & Judiciary, Legislative Affairs and Craftsmen Training.
* 2012–2014 – Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Revenue and Craftsmen Training
* 2014–2019 – Deputy Chief Minister, Cabinet Minister of Health, Revenue, Town and Country Planning, Urban Development and Law, Legislative Affairs
* 2017–2019 – Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Legislative Affairs and Provedoria.
References
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1954 births
2019 deaths
Deputy chief ministers of Goa
People from Mapusa
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa
Goa MLAs 1999–2002
Goa MLAs 2002–2007
Goa MLAs 2007–2012
Goa MLAs 2012–2017
Goa MLAs 2017–2022
Goa Rajiv Congress Party politicians
Indian Roman Catholics