Narana Coissoró | |
Honorific-Suffix: | GOIP GOC GCIH |
Office1: | Member of the Assembly of the Republic |
Term Start1: | 5 April 2002 |
Term End1: | 9 March 2005 |
Constituency1: | Setúbal |
Term Start2: | 25 October 1999 |
Term End2: | 4 April 2002 |
Constituency2: | Lisboa District |
Term Start3: | 3 June 1976 |
Term End3: | 26 October 1995 |
Constituency3: | Lisboa District |
Birth Name: | Narana Sinai Coissoró |
Birth Date: | 1931 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Goa, Portuguese India |
Party: | CDS - People's Party |
Spouse: | Teresa da Costa Brandão |
Children: | One daughter |
Profession: | Lawyer Professor |
Occupation: | Politician |
Alma Mater: | University of Coimbra SOAS, University of London |
Narana Sinai Coissoró, GOIP GOC GCIH (born 3 October 1933), is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and retired politician of the right-wing CDS – People's Party (Portuguese: Centro Democrático e Social/Partido Popular – CDS/PP).
Narana Coissoró is a former Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic. He was leader of his party parliamentary group between 1978 and 1991.
Coissoró is President of the Center for Oriental Studies of the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP – Higher Institute of Political and Social Sciences), of the Technical University of Lisbon.[1] He also heads the Goan Community Centre in Portugal.
Narana Coissoró is married to Teresa da Costa Brandão, born at Caldas da Rainha, by whom he has a daughter, Smitá da Costa Brandão Coissoró.
He has a degree in law by the University of Coimbra and a doctorate from SOAS, University of London.