Wilfred de Souza
| Wilfred de Souza | |
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| 7th Chief Minister of Goa | |
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In office 18 May 1993 – 2 April 1994 |
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| Governor | Bhanu Prakash Singh |
| Preceded by | Ravi S. Naik |
| Succeeded by | Ravi S. Naik |
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In office 8 April 1994 – 16 December 1994 |
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| Governor |
B. Rachaiah Gopala Ramanujam |
| Preceded by | Ravi S. Naik |
| Succeeded by | Pratapsingh Rane |
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In office 30 July 1998 – 26 November 1998 |
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| Governor | J. F. R. Jacob |
| Preceded by | Pratapsing Rane |
| Succeeded by | Luizinho Faleiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 April 1927 Kampala, Uganda Protectorate, British East Africa |
| Died | 4 September 2015 (aged 88) Panaji, Goa, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party |
Indian National Congress Goa Rajiv Congress Nationalist Congress Party Trinamool Congress |
| Profession | Politician surgeon |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Wilfred de Souza GCIH FRCS FRCSE (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was a surgeon and politician from Goa, India. He served as Goa's chief minister on three occasions when he was a member of the Indian National Congress and the Goa Rajiv Congress Party, during his third tenure.
Dr de Souza is credited, together with allies such as Govind Panvelcar, with the first Congress Party victory in Goa in 1980. From 1963 until 1979 Goan politics had been dominated by the regional parties, particularly the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
In July 1998 Dr de Souza formed the Goa Rajiv Congress Party as a splinter group of the INC. He was sworn in as Chief Minister for the third time on 30 July 1998 and remained in the post until 26 November 1998.
In 1999, Dr de Souza joined the Nationalist Congress Party and was its Goa president from 1999 to June 2009. During this period he was Deputy Chief Minister in a coalition government with the INC from February 2005 to June 2007. He failed to retain his seat in the 2007 assembly election.
After he left the party, Gurunath Kulkarni, national general secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party accused him of impeding the party's growth in Goa.
In 2007, he was appointed the Deputy Chairperson of the State Planning Board.
For the 2012 assembly election he was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress as head of the Goa branch of the party. During the election, he criticised the INC for corruption.
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