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Luizinho Faleiro
Faleiro in 2016

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 22 November 2021 – 11 April 2023
Preceded by	Arpita Ghosh
Succeeded by	Saket Gokhale
Constituency	West Bengal
Vice President of All India Trinamool Congress
In office 22 October 2021 – 11 April 2023
President	Subrata Bakshi
Preceded by	Yashwant Sinha
6th Chief Minister of Goa
In office 9 June 1999 – 24 November 1999
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Francisco Sardinha
In office 26 November 1998 – 8 February 1999
Preceded by	Wilfred de Souza
Succeeded by	President's rule
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 2017–2022
Preceded by	Avertano Furtado
Succeeded by	Ulhas Tuenkar
Constituency	Navelim
In office 1980–2007
Preceded by	Velho Leo Mauricic
Succeeded by	Churchill Alemao
Constituency	Navelim
President,Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 7 October 2014 – 8 July 2017
Succeeded by	Shantaram Naik

Personal details
Born	(1951-08-26) 26 August 1951 (age 73) Goa, Portuguese India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (2021–2023)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1979–2021)
Spouse	Rachel Faleiro
Children	3
Website	Official website

Luizinho Faleiro (born 26 August 1951)^[1] was 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 27 September 2021 to join the All India Trinamool Congress on 29 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.

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

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

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