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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = John Manuel Vaz
|native_name = जॉन मान्युएल वाझ
|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|3|21|df=y}}<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/115_promember_johnvaz94.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209215300/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/115_promember_johnvaz94.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=Wayback Machine|date=9 December 2018}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Nuvem]], [[Goa]]<ref name="archive.org"/>
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|7|1939|3|21|df=y}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web20181208090452/http://www.lokmat.com/goa/former-goa-minister-john-manuwel-waz-passed-away/</ref>
|death_place = Manipal Hospital, [[Dona Paula]], [[Goa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tarunbharat.com/news/642453|title=मुरगावचे माजी आमदार जॉन वाझ यांचे निधन|first=Parashuram|last=Patil|date=8 December 2018|website=तरुण भारत}}</ref>
| office = <big>Minister of Revenue & Urban Development<br/></big>[[Government of Goa]]
| term_start = 30 November 1998<ref name="archive.org1">{{cite web|url=http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/9899/9899-35-SII-EOG-8.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019071855/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/9899/9899-35-SII-EOG-8.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2018|title=Wayback Machine|date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
| term_end = 8 February 1999<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181019072536/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/9899/9899-45-SII-EOG-3.pdf</ref>
| 1blankname=Chief Minister
| 1namedata=[[Luizinho Faleiro]]
| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]]
| term_start1 = 1994
| term_end1= 1999
|party = Independent
| residence =
|footnotes =
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'''John Manuel Vaz''' (21 March 1939 - 7 December 2018) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician from [[Goa]]. He served as a [[Minister (government)|Cabinet Minister]] in the [[Government of Goa]] headed by [[Luizinho Faleiro]] from 30 November 1998<ref name="archive.org1"/> until his resignation on 3 February 1999.<ref name="archive.org2">{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/04goa.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209220319/https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/04goa.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=Rediff On The NeT: Goa governor asks Faleiro to seek confidence vote|date=9 December 2018}}</ref> He won the 1994 [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] elections from the [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]] constituency.<ref name="archive.org3">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1994-election-results.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209220534/http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1994-election-results.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=Goa Assembly Election Results in 1994|date=9 December 2018}}</ref> Vaz was the President of the [[Mormugao]] Municipal Council from January to October 1987.<ref name="archive.org4">{{cite web|url=https://www.tarunbharat.com/news/642453|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209221808/https://www.tarunbharat.com/news/642453|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=मुरगावचे माजी आमदार जॉन वाझ यांचे निधन - तरुण भारत - तरुण भारत|date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="archive.org"/>

==Personal life==
Vaz was born at [[Nuvem]], [[Salcete]] on 21 March 1939.<ref name="archive.org"/> Since his family wanted him to become a [[priest]], a young Vaz attended the seminary at [[Saligao]]. He left the seminary suddenly as his interest was the [[family enterprise|family business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/john-vaz-goa-loses-a-gentleman-baker/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209221521/http://www.navhindtimes.in/john-vaz-goa-loses-a-gentleman-baker/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=John Vaz- Goa Loses A Gentleman Baker|work=[[The Navhind Times]]|date=9 December 2018}}</ref> He obtained a [[Matriculation#India|Matriculation]] after which he earned a [[diploma]] in [[bakery]] (food craft).<ref name="archive.org"/> He married Maria Apolonia Leonia Sousa. John Manuel Vaz and Apolonia had five children: Marcia, Giovanni Mark, Rency, Tricia and Yolancy (Pinky).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.heraldgoa.in/viewpage.php?edition=oHeraldo&date=2018-12-08&edid=OHERALDO_GOA&pn=13|title=Goa English News - oHeraldo English News Daily - Goa News Online|website=epaper.heraldgoa.in}}</ref>

Vaz was the founder member of the All Goa Association of Bakers and served as the President of the body from 1987 to 1990. He was also the Vice President of the All Goa Association of Bakers. Vaz was the President of the [[Rotary International|Rotary Club]] of [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco]] from 1987 to 1988.<ref name="archive.org"/>

==Political career==
Vaz worked as a [[social worker]] in the Baina area of [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco town]]. He served as a member of the [[Municipal Council]] of [[Mormugao]] from 1985 to 1990. He was the President of the [[Mormugao]] Municipal Council from January to October 1987.<ref name="archive.org4"/><ref name="archive.org"/>

He contested the 1989 elections to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao constituency]] as a candidate of the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]. He lost to [[Sheikh Hassan Haroon]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] with a margin of 212 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1989-election-results.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209224122/http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1989-election-results.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=Goa Assembly Election Results in 1989|date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="archive.org4"/> He was elected to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]] in the 1994 elections as an independent candidate.<ref name="archive.org3"/>

Vaz served as a [[Minister (government)|Cabinet Minister]] in the [[Luizinho Faleiro]] ministry from 30 November 1998<ref name="archive.org1"/> until his resignation on 3 February 1999. He resigned along with Deu Mandrekar, who was the Minister for Social Welfare, thereby reducing the Faliero government to a minority.<ref name="archive.org2"/> In the [[Luizinho Faleiro]] ministry, Vaz held the portfolios of Revenue & Urban Development.<ref name="archive.org4"/>

John Manuel Vaz was a member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]'s Committee on Government Assurances as well as the Committee on Delegated Legislation from 1995 to 1996.<ref name="archive.org"/> Vaz also took efforts for the four-laning of the [[Verna, Goa|Verna]] to [[Mormugao]] [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]] and the work started during his tenure as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]].<ref name="archive.org4"/>

He unsuccessfully contested the 1999 [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] elections from [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]] as a candidate of the [[Goa Rajiv Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3852-goa-1999/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209230840/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3852-goa-1999/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=Goa 1999 - Goa - Election Commission of India|date=9 December 2018}}</ref> However, he remains the lone independent candidate to win the [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]] seat till date.<ref name="archive.org4"/>

===Baina red-light district===
Vaz belonged to Baina and was unhappy about the [[Red-light district|red-light area]] which existed in Baina. He had expressed his anger about the area while serving as a social worker and a member of the Municipal Council. After being elected as a member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], Vaz took steps to demolish the area. On 2 September 1997, Vaz led a protest march of the citizens against the red-light area at Baina, demanding that the area be cleaned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://el.doccentre.info/eldoc/a56_/240704EPW3341.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209225854/http://el.doccentre.info/eldoc/a56_/240704EPW3341.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2018|title=240704EPW3341|date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181209230024/http://www.unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/HumanRights/08%20STATE%20AND%20HOUSING/11.pdf</ref>

==References==
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