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| name = Tony Fernandes<br />
| image = Tony Fernandes (politician).jpg<br />
| image_size = 150px<br />
| caption = Official portrait in 1963<br />
| birth_place = [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]<br />
| governor1 = [[M. R. Sachdev]]<br />
| office1 = Minister of Law, Labour, Industries and Agriculture<br/>[[Government of Goa|Government of Goa, Daman and Diu]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgceAQAAIAAJ&dq=Tony+Fernandes+1963&pg=PA416|title=Year of Freedom|first=Indian National|last=Congress|date=6 November 1963|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
| term_start1 = 20 December 1963<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfvoAAAAMAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963+mla | title=New Era | year=1965 }}</ref><br />
| term_end1 = 1967<br />
| death_date = Unknown<br />
| party = [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (June 1963–1967)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ2KAAAAMAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963|title=Party and Democracy in India|first=S. N.|last=Sadasivan|date=6 November 1977|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill|isbn=9780070965911 |via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
| term_start2 = 1963<br />
| term_end2 = 1967<br />
| office2 = [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| constituency2 = [[Sanguem Assembly constituency|Sanguem]]<br />
| predecessor2 = ''constituency established''<br />
| successor2 = [[Vasudev Morajkar]]<br />
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963|title=Cabinet Government in Goa, 1961-1993: A Chronicled Analysis of 30 Years of Government and Politics in Goa|first=Aureliano|last=Fernandes|date=6 November 1997|publisher=Maureen & Camvet Publishers|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
| cabinet = Minister<br />
| nickname = {{plainlist|<br />
* Sebastião Fernandes<br />
* Sabastyan}}<br />
| portfolio = {{plainlist|<br />
* Law <br />
* Labour<br />
* Industries<br />
* Agriculture}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tony Fernandes''' also known as '''Sebastião Fernandes''' or '''Sabastyan''',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBoPAQAAIAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963 |title=Bhārata Kā Rājapatra: The Gazette of India |date=1963 |publisher=Controller of Publications |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=214#elections-results |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Times |first1=Navhind |date=2022-04-10 |title=Finally, Sanguem gets a cabinet minister |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2022/04/11/opinions/opinion/finally-sanguem-gets-a-cabinet-minister/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Navhind Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Nag |first1=Sajal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3UMAQAAMAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963+sanguem+constituency |title=Making of the Indian Union: Merger of Princely States and Excluded Areas |last2=Gurung |first2=Tejimala |last3=Choudhury |first3=Abhijit |date=2007 |publisher=Akansha Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8370-110-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Diu (India) |first=Goa, Daman and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ch0bkzj3ja8C&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963+sanguem+constituency |title=Government Gazette. Boletim Oficial |date=1964 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Diu (India) |first=Goa, Daman and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8iY4iHdGRsC&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963 |title=Government Gazette. Boletim Oficial |date=April 1964 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUoKAQAAIAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+1963+sanguem+constituency |title=State Politics in India |date=1976 |publisher=Meenakshi Prakashan |language=en}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u3tDAAAAYAAJ&q=Tony+Fernandes+Sanguem |title=India, a Reference Annual |date=1964 |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Politicians from South Goa district]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Goa, Daman and Diu MLAs 1963–1967]]</div>DougHuonDeKermad