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'''Blasius M. D'Souza''' (22 February 1938 – 26 January 2008) was an Indian [[politician]] from [[Mangalore]]. A member of the [[Indian National Congress]] from [[Mangalore]], he was the first [[Roman Catholic]] minister in the Karnataka state government.

==Biography==
Blasius D'Souza was the son of AR D'Souza, a prominent businessman in Mangalore. He studied at [[St. Aloysius' College (Mangalore)|St. Aloysius College]], Mangalore, from where he graduated with a [[B.Com.]] degree in 1959. At St. Aloysius, he was president of the College Student's Union and also a member of the [[field hockey|hockey]] team. He earned his [[L.L.B.]] from Siddhartha Law College, [[Mumbai]], in 1961. He had five children, Anoop, Rohit, Sonia, Reema & Rovena. He hails from the [[Mangalorean Catholic]] community.<ref name="daj">{{cite news|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=42869&cnt=1|title=Mangalore: Former State Minister Blasius M D'Souza Passes Away|publisher=[[Daijiworld Media]]|date=2008-01-26|accessdate=2012-01-29|archive-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001204936/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=42869&cnt=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Political career==
Blasius D'Souza entered politics as a Mangalore City Council member in 1962 from Congress Party, where he served for 17 years. For seven years from 1972 to 1979 he was the Council President. He served as a District Chairman of Congress Committee in [[Dakshina Kannada]] district until recently. He was a Member of Legislative Council in Karnataka Legislature from 1980 to 1985 and represented Mangalore as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for nine years. In the July 1991, he was appointed Law Minister of Karnataka in the [[Veerappa Moily]] government. He cleared an average of 25,00 files a month and created a record during his tenure as a minister. In November 1992, he was appointed Minister for [[Labor relations|Labour]] in a Cabinet Reshuffle, a position in which he served until 1994.

==Death==
Mr D'Souza died at 5:30 a.m. at the KMC hospital in Mangalore on 26 January 2008. His funeral was attended by Karnataka Congress leaders such as [[Veerappa Moily]], [[Janardhana Poojary]], [[B. Ramanath Rai]], former ministers [[B. Nagaraja Shetty]] and B A Moideen, former MP Vinaykumar Sorake, local Congress leaders Ivan D'Souza and Naveen D'Souza among others. National politicians [[Oscar Fernandes]] and [[George Fernandes]] also attended.

==Positions held==

* Member of Legislative Council
* Member of Legislative Assembly
* Minister for Law
* Minister for Labour
* Member, Indian National Congress.
* President Students Union St. Aloysius College, Mangalore.
* Chairman, City Central Library, Mangalore.
* Senate Member, Mangalore University.
* Member, Karnataka Telecommunication Advisory Board.
* Vice-Chairman, Hind Kuhst Nivarana Sangha Mangalore.
* Chairman Board of Visitors Govt. Venlock Hospital, Mangalore.
* Member, Board of Visitors Lady Goschan Hospital, Mangalore.
* Member, Mangalore Port Trust, New Mangalore
* Member, Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission.
* Member, Karnataka State Town and Country Planning Board, Bangalore.
* Member, Planning Authority, Mangalore.
* Founder, Patron Mangalore Wild Life Trust.
* Founder-Chairman Millions of Tree Club, Mangalore.
* Member, World Forestry Day Committee, New Delhi.
* Member, Karnataka State Board for prevention and Control of Water Pollution, Bangalore.
* Vice-Chairman, D.K. District Tuberculosis Assn. Mangalore.
* Member Governing Council, Fr. Muller's Charitable Institution, Mangalore.
* Founder President Mangalore Auto Rickshaw and Car Operators Co-operative Society, Mangalore.
* Executive Committee Member KPCC (I) from 1979 to 1982.
* President Dakshina Kannada DCC(I) from 1979 to 1992, 2001
* Member Organisation Election Committee for Orissa State 1999.
* Chairman, Membership Books Committee for Membership drive of the party in Karnataka 1999.
* Observer Goa Legislative Assembly Election 1999.
* Vice-President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (I) Since 1998.
* Chairman, Pradesh Election Authority for Goa.
* Councillor Mangalore City Municipal Council 1962 to 1979
* President Mangalore City Municipal Council 1972 to 1979.
* President, Dakshina Kannada Hockey Association.
* Member Governing Board Fr. Muller's Hospital, Mangalore.
* Member, Governing Board St. Joseph's Engineering College, Mangalore.
* Chairman, Cheshire homes India, Mangalore Unit.
* Member, KPCC (I) and AICC (I).
* Member, Library Committee
* Member, Public Undertaking Committee
* Member, House Committee
* Member, SC/ST Committee
* Member, Public Accounts Committee
* Member, Managing Committee, SDM Law College, MG Road, Mangalore
* Deputy Leader of the Indian Delegation to the 81st Session of the International Labour Organisation held at Geneva during the Month of June, 1994.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.webcitation.org/65qN1FVgD?url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/27/stories/2008012756640400.htm Obituary in The Hindu]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080129112858/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=65203 Obituary in Manglorean.Com]

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[[Category:Mayors of Mangalore]]
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Karnataka]]
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council]]

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