Luizinho Faleiro

Luizinho Faleiro (born 26 August 1951)[1] is a former Trinamool Congress politician from Goa who served as a Vice President in the All India Congress Committee of Indian National Congress since 2013 and was In-charge of the 7 North Eastern States of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura. Previously he served two terms as the eighth Chief Minister of Goa. Faleiro was credited with devising strategies and stitching alliances that led to formation of Governments in Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. In 2013 was Chairman of the Karnataka Pradesh Assembly Elections Screening Committee, following which the Congress won the Karnataka Assembly Elections.[2] He quit the Indian National Congress on 27th September, 2021 to join the All India Trinamool Congress on 29th September, 2021. On 10 April 2023 he resigned from Trinamool Congress and also resigned from Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament post under the ticket of Trinamool Congress. He is married to Rachel Faleiro and is the father of two sons, Lenin, Rabindra and only daughter Rania.

Luizinho Faleiro
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
22 November 2021 – 11 April 2023
Preceded byArpita Ghosh
Succeeded bySaket Gokhale
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Vice President of Trinamool Congress
In office
22 October 2021 – 11 April 2023
PresidentSubrata Bakshi
Preceded byYashwant Sinha
6th Chief Minister of Goa
In office
9 June 1999 – 24 November 1999
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byFrancisco Sardinha
In office
26 November 1998 – 8 February 1999
Preceded byWilfred de Souza
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byAvertano Furtado
Succeeded byUlhas Tuenkar
ConstituencyNavelim
In office
1980–2007
Preceded byVelho Leo Mauricic
Succeeded byChurchill Alemao
ConstituencyNavelim
Personal details
Born (1951-08-26) 26 August 1951
Goa, Portuguese India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (2021–2023)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (1979–2021)
SpouseRachel Faleiro
Children3
WebsiteOfficial website

Member of Goa Legislative Assembly

Luizinho Faleiro has served as the MLA of Navelim Constituency for seven terms.[3] He won the 1979 election with 7715 votes; the 1984 election with 9126 votes (the next candidate polled 3472 votes. The 1989 election without any opponent; the 1994 election with 8178 votes (the next candidate polled 1107 votes); the 1999 election with 12054 votes (the next candidate polled 2293 votes); and the 2003 election with 10254 votes (the next candidate polled 5668 votes).

In 2017, he won the elections from Navelim Constituency once again.

Education

Luizinho Faleiro holds a master's degree in Commerce and is also a Graduate in Law.

References
  1. "Shri Luizinho Faleiro, Ex-CM". Allindiacongress.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. "Luizinho Faleiro elevated as Congress general secretary". Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. "THE MAN: a Psychological Profile | Luizinho Faleiro". Luizinhofaleiro.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.