Eduardo Faleiro

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.)

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

External links

* [http://www.goainformation.org/html/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=85 Eduardo Faleiro, official page]
* [http://www.google.co.in/search?q=%7D%22eduardo+faleiro%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial Links via Google.com]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg00941.html Once I went to inaugurate a road... (Eduardo Faleiro)]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg31065.html Konkani Controversy - note by Eduardo Faleiro, former Union Minister]
* [http://www.dayafterindia.com/may11/interview1.html US position on Iraq is total ‘dadagiri’]
* [http://www.goacom.org/news/getStory.php?ID=2038 Goanet Reader: Wanted: an Asian perspective on the freedom ofreligion (Eduardo Faleiro)]
* [http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/education-india/2003-June/000179.html Education for All (Eduardo Faleiro, MP)]