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Wilfred de Souza | |
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.JPG) De Souza in 2001 | |
| 1stDeputy Chief Minister of Goa | |
| In office 16 January 1980 -18 September 1983 | |
| In office 25 January 1991 - 18 May 1993 | |
| In office June 2005 -7 June 2007 | |
| In office 16 December 1994- 29 July 1998 | |
| 5thChief Minister of Goa | |
| In office 18 May 1993 – 2 April 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Ravi S. Naik |
| Succeeded by | Ravi S. Naik |
| In office 8 April 1994 – 16 December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Ravi S. Naik |
| Succeeded by | Pratapsingh Rane |
| In office 30 July 1998 – 26 November 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Pratapsingh Rane |
| Succeeded by | Luizinho Faleiro |
| Member of theGoa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1989–2007 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Dilip Parulekar |
| Constituency | Saligao |
| In office 1980–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Ilario Rual Fernandes |
| Succeeded by | Malik Shrikant Keshav |
| Constituency | Calangute |
| In office 1974–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Vassudev N Sarmalkar |
| Succeeded by | Cota Lourence |
| Constituency | Benaulim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wilfred Anthony de Souza (1927-04-23)23 April 1927 |
| Died | 4 September 2015(2015-09-04) (aged 88) Panaji, Goa, India |
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| Political party | Trinamool Congress (since 2012) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Surgeon |
Wilfred Anthony de SouzaGCIHFRCS FRCSE (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was an Indian surgeon and politician who served as the 5thChief Minister of Goa from May 1993 to April 1994, and served two additional terms.[2] He also served as firstDeputy Chief Minister of Goa in different occasions from 1980 to 2007, and held the position a total of four times. He was a member of theIndian National Congress and theGoa Rajiv Congress Party, during his third tenure.
Wilfred Anthony de Souza was born inVagator,Portuguese Goa on 23 April 1927, to Dr. Tito Fermino de Souza and Alina Ana Maria de Souza, parents ofGoan Catholic origin immigrated fromAnjuna, Goa.[3]
De Souza completed his M.B.B.S. from Bombay University. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. As well as a Honorary Fellow of the International College of Surgeons and alsoFellow of the Association of Surgeons of India.[4]
De Souza is credited, together with allies such as Govind Panvelcar, with the first Congress Party victory inGoa in 1980. From 1963 until 1979,Goan politics had been dominated by the regional parties, particularly theMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).[5]
In July 1998, De Souza formed theGoa Rajiv Congress Party as a splinter group of theIndian National Congress (INC). He was sworn in asChief Minister of Goa for the third time on 30 July 1998 and remained in the post until 26 November 1998.
In 1999, De Souza joined theNationalist Congress Party (NCP) and was its Goa president from 1999 to June 2009. During this period he was Deputy Chief Minister of Goa in a coalition government with the INC from February 2005 to June 2007. He failed to retain his seat in the2007 assembly election.
After he left the party, Gurunath Kulkarni, national general secretary of theNationalist Congress Party accused him of impeding the party's growth inGoa.[6]
In 2007, he was appointed the Deputy Chairperson of the State Planning Board.
For the2012 assembly election he was a member of theAll India Trinamool Congress as head of the Goa branch of the party. During the election, he criticised the INC for corruption.[7]
In April 1962, de Souza married British social worker Grace de Souza (née Goodwin), whom he had met during his time in England, UK. The couple had two daughters Joanne and Suzie.[3]
He died on 4 September 2015 after a brief illness and prior to that, he was admitted in Manipal Hospital.
In addition, he has worked in several hospitals in the UK 1957–1963; Consultant surgeon to Goa Medical College Panjim;Asilo Hospital Mapuca; Hospicio Hospital Margao; Holy Cross Hospital, Mapuca; C.M.M. Memorial Hospital, Panjim. .[4]
