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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Luizinho Faleiro<br />
| image = <br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]],[[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| term_start = 22 November 2021<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[Arpita Ghosh]]<br />
| office1 = Vice President of [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
| term_start1 = 22 October 2021<br />
| president1 = [[Subrata Bakshi]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Yashwant Sinha]]<br />
| chairman1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]<br />
| general_secretary1 = [[Abhishek Banerjee]]<br />
| office2 = 8th [[Chief Minister of Goa]]<br />
| term_start2 = 9 June 1999<br />
| term_end2 = 24 November 1999<br />
| predecessor2 = [[President's rule]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Francisco Sardinha]]<br />
| term_start3 = 26 November 1998<br />
| term_end3 = 8 February 1999<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Wilfred de Souza]]<br />
| successor3 = President's rule<br />
| office4 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start4 = 2017<br />
| term_end4 = 2021<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Avertano Furtado]]<br />
| successor4 = ''Vacant''<br />
| constituency4 = [[Navelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Navelim]]<br />
| termstart5 = 1980<br />
| term_end5 = 2007<br />
| predecessor5 = Velho Leo Mauricic<br />
| successor5= [[Churchill Alemao]]<br />
| constituency5 = [[Navelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Navelim]]<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|08|26|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (2021-present) <br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (1979-2021) <br />
| spouse = Rachel Faleiro<br />
| children = 2 sons - Lenin and Rabindra<br />
1 daughter - Rania<br />
|website = {{url|luizinhofaleiro.com|Official website}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Luizinho Faleiro''' (born 26 August 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allindiacongress.com/bio1.php?id=29 |title=Shri Luizinho Faleiro, Ex-CM |website=Allindiacongress.com |accessdate=2017-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314175439/http://allindiacongress.com/bio1.php?id=29# |archive-date=2016-03-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> is an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] politician from Goa who served as a General Secretary in the [[All India Congress Committee]] of [[Indian National Congress]] since 2013 and was In-charge of the 7 North Eastern States of [[Manipur]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]], [[Sikkim]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Nagaland]] and [[Tripura]]. Previously he served two terms as the eighth [[Chief Minister of Goa]]. Faleiro was credited with devising strategies and stitching alliances that led to formation of Governments in Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. In 2013 was Chairman of the [[Karnataka]] Pradesh Assembly Elections Screening Committee, following which the Congress won the Karnataka Assembly Elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Luizinho-Faleiro-elevated-as-Congress-general-secretary/articleshow/20624220.cms|title=Luizinho Faleiro elevated as Congress general secretary|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215022000/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Luizinho-Faleiro-elevated-as-Congress-general-secretary/articleshow/20624220.cms#|archive-date=2016-02-15|url-status=live}}</ref> He quit the [[Indian National Congress]] on 27th September, 2021 to join the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] on 29th September, 2021. He is married to Rachel Faleiro and is the father of two sons, Lenin, Rabindra and only daughter Rania.<br />
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==Member of Goa Legislative Assembly==<br />
Luizinho Faleiro has served as the MLA of Navelim Constituency for seven terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://luizinhofaleiro.com/about-me/the-man-a-psychological-profile/|title=THE MAN: a Psychological Profile {{!}} Luizinho Faleiro|website=Luizinhofaleiro.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410220041/http://luizinhofaleiro.com/about-me/the-man-a-psychological-profile/#|archive-date=2017-04-10|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the 1979 election with 7715 votes; the 1984 election with 9126 votes (the next candidate polled 3472 votes. The 1989 election without any opponent; the 1994 election with 8178 votes (the next candidate polled 1107 votes); the 1999 election with 12054 votes(the next candidate polled 2293 votes); and the 2003 election with 10254 votes (the next candidate polled 5668 votes).<br />
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In 2017, he won the elections from Navelim Constituency once again and is currently serving his seventh term.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Luizinho Faleiro holds a master's degree in Commerce and is also a Graduate in Law.<br />
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