Francis D'Souza (politician)
Francis D'Souza | |
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D'Souza at IFFI 2016 | |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Goa | |
| In office 9 March 2012 – 14 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfred de Souza |
| Succeeded by | Sudin Dhavalikar Vijai Sardesai |
| Constituency | Mapusa |
| Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1999–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Surendra Sirsat |
| Succeeded by | Joshua D'Souza |
| Constituency | Mapusa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Casimiro Jerónimo Agnelo Pinto de Souza 4 October 1954 Mapuçá, Goa, Portuguese India |
| Died | 14 February 2019 (aged 64) Panaji, Goa, India |
| Resting place | St Jerome's Church cemetery, Mapusa, Goa, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2002–2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Goa Rajiv Congress Party (1999–2002) |
| Children | Joshua D'Souza (son) |
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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 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 from the Mapusa Assembly constituency as an Independent candidate.