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{{Infobox officeholder <br />
| name = Jose Vaz<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = Official portrait in 1980<br />
| birth_name = Jose Mario Emerciane Vaz<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|3|19|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Cuncolim]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|7|31|1938|3|19|df=y}}<br />
| party = [[Congress (I)]] (1980–1984)<br />
| spouse = Pulcheria Vaz<br />
| death_place = Goa, India <br />
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[St. Stanislaus High School]] ([[S.S.C]])<br />
* [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier’s College, Bombay]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])<br />
* Dhempe College, [[Panaji]] (D.Ed)<br />
}}<br />
| majority = 7,328 (67.54%)<br />
| office = [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 1980<br />
| term_end = 1984<br />
| successor = [[Manu Fernandes]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Ferdino Rebello]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|freedom fighter}}<br />
| profession = [[Headmaster]]<br />
| constituency = [[Cuncolim Assembly constituency|Cuncolim]]<br />
| committees = {{plainlist|<br />
* Library<br />
* Headmasters Association}}<br />
}}<br />
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''' Mario Vaz''' (19 March 1938 – 31 July 2002) was an Indian politician and [[Indian freedom fighter|freedom fighter]] who was a former member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Cuncolim Assembly constituency]] from 1980 to 1984. Vaz also contributed in the [[Goa Liberation Movement]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=198#elections-results |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2002 |title=Members recall late MLA's simplicity |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/members-recall-late-mlas-simplicity/articleshow/17692266.cms |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Assembly Election Results in 1980 |url=https://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Elections in India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Goa, Daman And Diu 1980 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1980/goa,-daman-and-diu/31/www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1980/goa,-daman-and-diu/31/37 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><br />
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==Early and personal life==<br />
Jose Mario Emerciane Vaz was born on 19 March 1938 in [[Cuncolim]], [[Goa]], which was part of [[Portuguese India]] during the [[Portuguese Empire]] (now located in India). He completed his [[Secondary School Certificate]] from [[St. Stanislaus High School]]. He later did his graduation in [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[St. Xavier's College]], Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]). Vaz was also an alumnus of Dhempe College, Panaji. Vaz was married to Pulcheria Vaz and resided at Nanguillo, [[Cuncolim]] until his death in 2002.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Politics===<br />
He contested against his own cousin brother stalwart of maharastrawadi gomantak party (MGP) afronio Vaz(afrank).Prior to winning the seat in the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], Vaz was a [[Sarpanch]] of Cuncolim Village panchayat from 1968 to 1972. He contested in the [[1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election]] on the Congress ticket and emerged victorious.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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===Teaching===<br />
Vaz was also a headmaster of Our Lady of Health High School, [[Cuncolim]] from 1964 to 1979 and [[St. Xavier's High School, Velim, Goa|St. Xavier's High School]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Role in Goa's freedom struggle==<br />
Vaz was a member of the ''[[Azad Gomantak Dal]]''. He was also a joint secretary of the "Goan Students Association Bombay". In 1956, under his leadership, Vaz held an assembly at [[Bombay]] for the immediate withdrawal of the Portuguese colonial rulers in [[Goa]]. Following this event, the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese government]] blacklisted Vaz and was banned entry in Goa till [[Goa Liberation Day]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Positions held==<br />
* Member of Library Committee 1980–81<br />
* Member of the committee to solve the dispute between Ramponcars and Mechanized Boat Operators<br />
* Member of the Select Committee on Bill No. 27 of The Goa, Daman and Diu Education Bill 1980 <br />
* Ex-President of Cuncolim Union, Goa <br />
* Executive Committee member of the Headmasters Association.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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