Wilfred de Souza

Wilfred de Souza
De Souza in 2001
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Goa
In office
16 January 1980 -18 September 1983
In office
25 January 1991 - 18 May 1993
In office
June 2005 -7 June 2007
In office
16 December 1994- 29 July 1998
5th Chief Minister of Goa
In office
18 May 1993  2 April 1994
Preceded byRavi S. Naik
Succeeded byRavi S. Naik
In office
8 April 1994  16 December 1994
Preceded byRavi S. Naik
Succeeded byPratapsingh Rane
In office
30 July 1998  26 November 1998
Preceded byPratapsingh Rane
Succeeded byLuizinho Faleiro
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1989–2007
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byDilip Parulekar
ConstituencySaligao
In office
1980–1984
Preceded byIlario Rual Fernandes
Succeeded byMalik Shrikant Keshav
ConstituencyCalangute
In office
1974–1977
Preceded byVassudev N Sarmalkar
Succeeded byCota Lourence
ConstituencyBenaulim
Personal details
Born
Wilfred Anthony de Souza

(1927-04-23)23 April 1927
Vagator, Goa, Portuguese India
Died4 September 2015(2015-09-04) (aged 88)
Panaji, Goa, India
Nationality
    • Portuguese
      (until 1961)
    • Indian (from 1961)
Political partyTrinamool Congress (since 2012)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Grace de Souza
(m. 1962)
Children2
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSurgeon

Wilfred Anthony de Souza GCIH FRCS FRCSE (23 April 1927 4 September 2015) was an Indian surgeon and politician who served as the first Deputy Chief Minister of Goa from January 1980 to September 1983, and held the position a total of four times. He also served as the 5th Chief Minister of Goa from May 1993 to April 1994, and served two additional terms. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and the Goa Rajiv Congress Party, during his third tenure.