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| name = Avertano Furtado<br />
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| office = Member of Legislative Assembly<br />
| constituency = Navelim<br />
| term_start = March 2012<br />
| term_end= March 2017<br />
| office1 = Minister for Labour, Employment and Fisheries<br />
| term_start1 = April 2012<br />
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| predecessor = Churchill Alemao<br />
| party =[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
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'''Avertano Furtado''' ({{lang-knn|आवेर्टनो फुर्तडो}}) is a Goan politician. He was elected to be the Member of Legislative Assembly of Goa in March 2012 following an [[2012 Goa legislative assembly election|election]] from Navelim constituency after defeating the incumbent Churchill Alemao by 2,000,145 votes.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He played soccer for [[Salgaocar S.C.]] and [[Madras Rubber Factory|MRF]] as a goalkeeper.<ref>{{cite web|author=Panaji |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/232457/scions-bite-dust-goa.html |title=Scions bite the dust in Goa |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date=6 March 2012 |accessdate=26 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Avertano is a [[social worker]] in Navelim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/goa/28106653_1_villagers-sinquetim-land-acquisition |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708005054/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/goa/28106653_1_villagers-sinquetim-land-acquisition |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=Sinquetim locals up in arms|date=8 October 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=26 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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Along with several others and on behalf of the residents of Sinquetim-Navelim he petitioned the Goa High Court to issue a stay order on the construction of the Sinquetim-Benaulim bridge, which was supported by the incumbent MLA [[Churchill Alemao]], on the grounds that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had not sanctioned the project and that it would not be recommended until the CRZ clearance is obtained from the ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/News/Local%20News/Work-on-Sinquetim-Benaulim-bridge-comes-to-halt/41737.html |title=Oheraldo Goa's complete online news edition :: Work-on-Sinquetim-Benaulim-bridge-comes-to-halt |publisher=Heraldgoa.in |date=8 October 2010 |accessdate=26 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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