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| name = Beatrix D'Souza<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date| 1935|05|05|df=y}}<br />
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| constituency = [[Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha|Anglo-Indian]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| office = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
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| spouse = Late Shri Neil Henry D’Souza <br />
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'''Beatrix D'Souza''' (born 5 May 1935) is an Indian politician and social worker. She represents the [[Anglo-Indian#Political status|Anglo-Indian community]] from [[Tamil Nadu]] as a member of the [[Samata Party]].<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=548|accessdate=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301020732/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=548|archive-date=1 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
D'Souza completed a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[Economics]] and [[Master of Arts]] in English from Stella Maris College and Presidency College, [[University of Madras]], [[Chennai]] ([[Tamil Nadu]]). She also holds a [[Ph.D]] in Australian Literature and pursued research at [[University of Western Australia]], [[Perth]] and [[University of Monash]], in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].<ref name="Lok Sabha"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
D'Souza was first nominated a member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] in 1991. Between 1991 and 1996, she held the following positions:<br />
* Member, State Commission for Women, Tamil Nadu<br />
* Chairperson, State Minorities Commission, Tamil Nadu<br />
In 1998, Beatrix was nominated as a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|member]] of the 12th Lok Sabha. That time she was serving as the Vice-President, [[Samata Party]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. From 1998 to 1999, she held various posts including:<br />
* Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Education and Health Programmes for Women<br />
* Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committee on Food Technology<br />
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development<br />
In 1999, she was nominated to the 13th Lok Sabha. From 1999 to 2004, she worked as<br />
* Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests<br />
* Member, Committee on External Affairs<br />
* Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Laws related to Women<br />
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development<br />
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Since the beginning of her career, D'Souza has been associated with All India Anglo-Indian Association. She was the Founder-President of Forum of Anglo-Indian Women.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/><br />
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