Eduardo Faleiro

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Eduardo Faleiro is an Indian politician, and former federal minister from Goa. In September 2006, he was the Commissioner for non-resident Indian affairs for the Government of Goa.

Biography

Faleiro was born in Raia, in the then Portuguese colony of Goa, on August 30, 1940. He 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. 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.)

In March 2006, Mr Faleiro was appointed as Commissioner for NRI Affairs by the Government of Goa, with the rank of a Cabinet Minister.

2007: Chairman of Universal Peace Federation of India(NGO in Consultative Status in the Social and Economic Council of the United Nations)

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