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{{about|Indian politician|British politician|Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza|Canadian TV news anchor|Francis D'Souza}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Francis D'Souza<br />
| birth_name = Francisco Casimiro Jerónimo Agnelo Pinto de Souza<br />
| image = Francis D'Souza at press conference on 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in New Delhi (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = D'Souza at [[47th International Film Festival of India|IFFI 2016]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|10|04|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mapuçá]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|02|14|1954|10|04}}<br />
| death_place = [[Panaji, Goa]], India<br />
| office = [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Goa|Deputy Chief Minister of Goa]]<br />
| constituency = [[Mapusa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mapusa]]<br />
| term_start = 9 March 2012<br />
| term_end = 14 March 2017<br />
| predecessor = [[Wilfred de Souza]]<br />
| successor = [[Sudin Dhavalikar]]<br/>[[Vijai Sardesai]]<br />
| office1 = [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Mapusa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mapusa]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1999<br />
| term_end1 = 2019<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Surendra Sirsat]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Joshua D'Souza]]<br />
| office2 = <br />
| constituency2 = <br />
| term_start2 = <br />
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2002–2019)<br />
| otherparty = [[Goa Rajiv Congress Party]] (1999–2002)<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = [[Joshua D'Souza]] (son)<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}}<br />
| resting_place = St Jerome's Church cemetery, [[Mapusa, Goa]], India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Francisco Casimiro Jerónimo Agnelo Pinto de Souza''' (4 October 1954<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=58 |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref> – 14 February 2019), better known as '''Francis D'Souza''', was an Indian lawyer, politician, and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who served as the [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Goa|Deputy Chief Minister of Goa]] from March 2012 to March 2017. He had first unsuccessfully contested in the [[1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election]] from the [[Mapusa Assembly constituency]] as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
D'Souza was first elected to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] in 1999 as the [[Goa Rajiv Congress Party]]'s candidate and later in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 as the [[BJP]] candidate from the [[Mapusa]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member-election-detail.php?id=67&flag=CM |title=Shri. Francis Dsouza Previous Election Details {{!}} Goa Legislative Assembly<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=21 July 2014 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211324/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member-election-detail.php?id=67&flag=CM |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was appointed Deputy Chief Minister when BJP formed a government in 2012 under [[Manohar Parrikar]]'s leadership and remained [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Goa|Deputy Chief Minister]] when [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] became the Chief Minister. He was also front-runner to succeed [[Manohar Parrikar]] as the chief minister.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/goa-deputy-chief-minister-francis-dsouza-threatens-to-quit-if-not-made-chief-minister-226285-2014-11-07 Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza threatens to quit if not made CM]</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/francis-dsouza-falls-in-line-parsekar-is-new-bjp-goa-cm/ | title=Laxmikant Parsekar sworn in as new Goa CM, Francis D'Souza falls in line | date=9 November 2014 | first=Shalini | last=Nair | newspaper=The Indian Express | accessdate=27 November 2018 }}</ref><br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
In July 2014, he landed into a controversy after publicly declaring that [[India]] is a [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nation]] and he was a ''Christian-Hindu''.<ref>{{cite news|title=India is already a Hindu nation: Goa Deputy CM Francis D'Souza|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/india-is-already-a-hindu-nation-goa-deputy-cm-francis-dsouza/|accessdate=27 July 2014|agency=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=25 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Death==<br />
D'Souza died on 14 February 2019 at the age of 64 following a battle with cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-15|title=Former Goa Dy CM Francis D'Souza dies at 64|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-goa-dy-cm-francis-dsouza-dies-at-64-5584546/|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Positions held ==<br />
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* 1985 – Elected as the Councillor of Mapusa Municipal Council.<br />
* 1986–1988 – President of Mapusa Municipal Council.<br />
* 1995 – Elected as the Councillor of Mapusa Municipal Council.<br />
* 1998–2000 Chairman of Mapusa Municipal Council.<br />
* 1999 – Cabinet Minister of Law, Election and Urban Development<br />
* 2000–2002 – Cabinet Minister of Judiciary and Labour & Employment <br />
* 2002–2005 – Cabinet Minister of Information Technology, Law & Judiciary, Legislative Affairs and Craftsmen Training.<br />
* 2012–2014 – Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Revenue and Craftsmen Training<br />
* 2014–2019 – Deputy Chief Minister, Cabinet Minister of Health, Revenue, Town and Country Planning, Urban Development and Law, Legislative Affairs<br />
* 2017–2019 – Cabinet Minister of Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Legislative Affairs and Provedoria.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1954 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Deputy chief ministers of Goa]]<br />
[[Category:People from Mapusa]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 1999–2002]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2007–2012]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2017–2022]]<br />
[[Category:Goa Rajiv Congress Party politicians]]<br />
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