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'''Eduardo Faleiro''' (born 30 August 1940) is an Indian politician, and former federal minister from [[Goa]]. In September 2006, he was the commissioner for non-resident Indian affairs for the Congress Government of Goa.

==Biography==

Faleiro was born on 30 August 1940. He was a Union Cabinet minister at the [[India]]n federal government in [[New Delhi]] from 1986 to 1996. Earlier, he was a member of the legislative assembly of Goa for a short while, before shifting to national-level politics. When the [[Indian National Congress]], a party he has associated with for most of his political career, was out of power, Faleiro was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] too, the upper house of the [[Indian parliament]].

Below is a list of posts held by him:
* 1971-1976: Member, [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
* 1974-1976: Deputy Leader, CLP (I), [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
* 1977: Elected to the Sixth Lok Sabha
* 1980: Re-elected to the Seventh Lok Sabha
* 1982-1986: Chairman, Economic Development Corporation
* 1984: Elected to the Eighth Lok Sabha for the third consecutive time
* 1985-1986: Chairman, House Committee
* May 1986 to February 1988: Union Minister of State, External Affairs February 1988 to December 1989: Union Minister of State, Economic Affairs (Finance)
* 1989-1990: Elected to the Ninth Lok Sabha for the fourth time
* 1990: Member, Committee of Privileges; Member, Consultative Committee; Ministry of Planning and Program Implementation
* 1991: Elected to the Tenth Lok Sabha for the fifth time
* 1992: Leader of the Indian Delegation to the [[United Nations]]
* 23 June 1991 to January 1993: Union Minister of State, External Affairs
* 18 January 1993 to April 1996 – Union Minister of State, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Ocean Development, Electronics, Parliamentary Affairs
* 1995: Vice Chairperson of Independent World Commission on Oceans
* 26 July 1999: Elected Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] (Council of States)

In March 2006, Mr Faleiro was appointed commissioner for Non-resident Indian Affairs by the [[Government of Goa]], with the rank of a cabinet minister.

2007: Chairman of Universal Peace Federation of India (non-governmental organization in consultative status in the Social and Economic Council of the United Nations)

==Honours==
Faleiro was honoured by the [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] [[António Costa]] with the 'Grande Oficial da Ordem do Infante da Henrique' in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Portugal-knighthood-to-Faleiro/article17030212.ece|title=Portugal knighthood to Faleiro|first=Prakash|last=Kamat|date=12 January 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/costa-knights-faleiro-lauds-his-efforts/articleshow/56507427.cms|title=Antonio Costa knights Eduardo Faleiro, lauds his efforts | Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061015035610/http://www.goainformation.org/html/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=85 Eduardo Faleiro, official page]
* [http://www.google.co.in/search?q=%7D%22eduardo+faleiro%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial Links via Google.com]
* [http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-January/038763.html Once I went to inaugurate a road... (Eduardo Faleiro)]
* [http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2005-September/033948.html Konkani Controversy - note by Eduardo Faleiro, former Union Minister]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060414080827/http://www.dayafterindia.com/may11/interview1.html US position on Iraq is total 'dadagiri']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061015030058/http://www.goacom.org/news/getStory.php?ID=2038 Goanet Reader: Wanted: an Asian perspective on the freedom ofreligion (Eduardo Faleiro)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061030233341/http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/education-india/2003-June/000179.html Education for All (Eduardo Faleiro, MP)]

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