Eduardo Faleiro

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Eduardo Faleiro is an Indian politician, and former federal minister, who traces his roots to Goa. He is currently (September 2006), the Commissioner for non-resident Indian affairs for the Government of Goa.

Faleiro was born in Raia, in the then Portuguese colony of Goa, on August 30, 1940. He is the was a Union Cabinet minister at the Indian federal government in New Delhi from 1986 to 1996. Earlier, he was a member of the legislative assembly of Goa for a short while, before shifting to national-level politics. Recently, when the Indian National Congress, a party he has associated with for most of his political career, was out of power, Faleiro was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament.

He is also a lawyer, who has trained both in India and Portugal.

Below is a list of posts held by him:

1971-1976: Member, Goa Legislative Assembly
1974-1976: Deputy Leader, CLP (I), Goa Legislative Assembly
1977: Elected to the Sixth Lok Sabha
1980: Re-elected to the Seventh Lok Sabha
1982-1986: Chairman, Economic Development Corporation
1984: Elected to the Eighth Lok Sabha for the third consecutive time
1985-1986: Chairman, House Committee
May 1986 to February 1988: Union Minister of State, External Affairs February 1988 to December 1989: Union Minister of State, Economic Affairs (Finance)
1989-1990: Elected to the Ninth Lok Sabha for the fourth time
1990: Member, Committee of Privileges; Member, Consultative Committee; Ministry of Planning and Program Implementation
1991: Elected to the Tenth Lok Sabha for the fifth time
1992: Leader of the Indian Delegation to the United Nations
June 23, 1991 to January 1993: Union Minister of State, External Affairs
January 18, 1993 to April 1996 – Union Minister of State, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Ocean Development, Electronics, Parliamentary Affairs
1995: Vice Chairperson of Independent World Commission on Oceans
July 26, 1999: Elected Member of Rajya Sabha (Council of States.)