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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician and advocate (born 1966)}}<br />
{{Portuguese name|Ferreira|Alvares}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Carlos Álvares Ferreira<br />
| birth_name = Carlos Álvares Ferreira<br />
| caption = Ferreira in 2022<br />
| image = Carlos Alvares Ferreira 2022 (cropped).jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|25|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Margao, Goa]], India<br />
| office = [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Aldona Assembly constituency|Aldona]]<br />
| term_start = 10 March 2022<br />
| term_end =<br />
| predecessor = [[Glenn Ticlo]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>(since 2022)<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Natasha Ferreira|1995}}<br />
| children = 2<br />
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Bombay University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])<br />
* [[Goa University]] ([[LL.B]])}}<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|senior advocate}}<br />
| website = {{URL|facebook.com/carlosalvaresferreira}} <br />
}}<br />
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'''Carlos Álvares Ferreira''' (born 25 June 1966) is an Indian [[senior advocate]] and politician who has served as a member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Aldona Assembly constituency]] since 2022. He is a former Assistant [[Solicitor General of India]], [[Public prosecutor]] and [[Advocate General]] of Goa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Former AG Ferreira is chief of Legal dept |url=https://www.thegoan.net//former-ag-ferreira-is-chief-of-legal-dept/48361.html |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref> Ferreira contested on [[Indian National Congress]] ticket in the [[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election]] and emerged victorious. He defeated two-term [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] MLA [[Glenn Ticlo]] by a margin of 1,823 votes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Adv. Carlos Alvares Ferreira, INC MLA from Aldona – Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/adv-carlos-alvares-ferreira/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Ferreira is a senior lawyer<ref>{{Cite news |title=5 Goa advocates get senior status |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/5-goa-advocates-get-senior-status/articleshow/112252919.cms |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> who practices in the [[Bombay High Court]] in Goa and [[The Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Ferreira profile |url=https://www.soolegal.com/ferreiracarlosalvaresassociatemember61 |website=Soolegal}}</ref> He has been one of the youngest serving Advocates General in Indian history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIZ GOENKAR |url=https://www.nizgoenkar.com/newsDetails.php?id=3011 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.nizgoenkar.com}}</ref> Ferreira has also held the positions of the [[State Public Prosecutor]] in the Bombay High Court in Goa and has also served as the Assistant Solicitor General of India under the Indian National Congress headed by the then India Prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]] from 2004 to 2014.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Early and personal life==<br />
Carlos Álvares Ferreira was born on 25 June 1966 in [[Margao, Goa]], India, to Charles Ferreira Alvares<ref>{{Cite web |title=CARLOS ALVARES FERREIRA(INC):Constituency- ALDONA(NORTH GOA) - Expense Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/goa2022/expense.php?candidate_id=222 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> a [[banker]] who later chose to become a lawyer and a [[homeopathic doctor]].<ref name=":0" /> Ferreira is married to Natasha Da Costa, a [[social worker]] by profession in January 1995.<ref name=":0" /> In June 1996, the couple welcomed their first child, Armando followed by their second child, Daniel in 1997. Ferreira and his family currently reside at [[Aldona]], Goa, India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== Lawyer (1987–present) ===<br />
Ferreira began his career as a lawyer in 1987 after graduating from [[Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law]] in [[Margao]]. He started working under his father's firm first before starting his own practice in [[Panjim]]. He was also the youngest [[Advocate General]] in Goa being appointed by [[Luizinho Faleiro]], the then Goa Chief minister. He also served as the Legal Advisor to the then Governor of Goa and Maharastra, [[S.C. Jamir]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Ferreira was also the Public Prosecutor for Goa under the then Goa Chief minister, [[Digambar Kamat]] led government for the [[Indian National Congress]]. He currently is the [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] chairperson for the Legal Cell<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title='All not well in BJP,' says Congress on delay in govt formation in Goa |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/all-not-well-in-bjp-says-congress-on-delay-in-govt-formation-in-goa-101647627335223.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> for the State of Goa.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2022–2027]]<br />
[[Category:Senior advocates in India]]<br />
[[Category:Supreme Court of India lawyers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian lawyers]]<br />
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