Wilfred de Souza

Wilfred de Souza
De Souza in 2001
1st Deputy 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
5th Chief Minister of Goa
In office
18 May 1993 – 2 April 1994
Preceded byRavi S. Naik
Succeeded byRavi S. Naik
In office
8 April 1994 – 16 December 1994
Preceded byRavi S. Naik
Succeeded byPratapsingh Rane
In office
30 July 1998 – 26 November 1998
Preceded byPratapsingh Rane
Succeeded byLuizinho Faleiro
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1989–2007
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byDilip Parulekar
ConstituencySaligao
In office
1980–1984
Preceded byIlario Rual Fernandes
Succeeded byMalik Shrikant Keshav
ConstituencyCalangute
In office
1974–1977
Preceded byVassudev N Sarmalkar
Succeeded byCota Lourence
ConstituencyBenaulim
Personal details
Born(1927-04-23)23 April 1927
Kampala, Protectorate of Uganda
Died4 September 2015(2015-09-04) (aged 88)
Panaji, Goa, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Goa Rajiv Congress Party
Nationalist Congress Party
Trinamool Congress
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSurgeon

Wilfred de Souza GCIH FRCS FRCSE (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was a surgeon and politician who served as Goa's first Deputy Chief Minister of Goa and chief minister on three occasions[1] when he was a member of the Indian National Congress and the Goa Rajiv Congress Party, during his third tenure.

  1. ^ Vaz, J. Clement (1997). Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-81-7022-619-2.