Tony Fernandes | |
Birth Place: | Goa, Portuguese India |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Dayanand Bandodkar |
Governor1: | M. R. Sachdev |
Office1: | Minister of Law, Labour, Industries and Agriculture Government of Goa, Daman and Diu[1] |
Term Start1: | 20 December 1963[2] |
Term End1: | 1967 |
Death Date: | Unknown |
Party: | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (June 1963–1967)[3] |
Term Start2: | 1963 |
Term End2: | 1967 |
Office2: | Member of Goa Legislative Assembly |
Occupation: | Politician |
Constituency2: | Sanguem |
Predecessor2: | constituency established |
Successor2: | Vasudev Morajkar |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress[4] |
Cabinet: | Minister |
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Tony Fernandes also known as Sebastião Fernandes or Sabastyan,[5] was an Indian politician. He was a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Sanguem Assembly constituency from 1963 to 1967. He also served as a cabinet minister in the first Dayanand Bandodkar ministry.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Fernandes was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) before contesting the Goa Legislative Assembly elections. He left INC to join Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and contested in the 1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election and emerged victorious, he served for five years from 1963 to 1967.[10] [11]
Fernandes was made the cabinet minister in the first Dayanand Bandodkar ministry on 20 December 1963 and was allotted Law, Labour, Industries and Agriculture as portfolios.[12]