Oscar Fernandes

Oscar Fernandes
Fernandes in 2013
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
In office
17 June 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byC. P. Joshi
Manmohan Singh (acting)
Succeeded byNitin Gadkari
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
15 December 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded bySis Ram Ola
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
In office
24 October 2006 – 3 March 2009
(as Minister of State, Independent Charge)
Preceded byManmohan Singh (acting)
Succeeded byG. K. Vasan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme Implementation
In office
23 May 2004 – 29 January 2006
Preceded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byG. K. Vasan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1 July 1998 – 13 September 2021
Succeeded byLehar Singh Siroya
ConstituencyKarnataka
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980–1998
Preceded byT. A. Pai
Succeeded byI. M. Jayarama Shetty
ConstituencyUdupi
Personal details
Born(1941-03-27)27 March 1941
Udupi, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Karnataka, India)
Died13 September 2021(2021-09-13) (aged 80)[1]
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Blossom Fernandes
(m. 1981)
Children2
Residence(s)Doris Rest Haven, Ambalpady, Udupi.

Oscar Fernandes (27 March 1941 – 13 September 2021) was an Indian politician, a senior Indian National Congress leader and was the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport, Road and Highways and Labour and Employment, Government of India in UPA government. He was one of the closest confidants of the former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and one of the major leaders involved in the decision making process related to Congress Party. He was closely associated with the late Mogaveera community leader Mr.Ananda Mendon and both together worked for the social upliftment of rural areas of coastal Karnataka.

  1. ^ "Congress veteran and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes passes away". Vinobha K T. The Times of India. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.