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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} | {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} | ||
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| constituency6 = [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]] | | constituency6 = [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]] | ||
| party =[[ | | party =[[All India Trinamool Congress]] | ||
| spouse = Smt. Fatima Fernandes Alemao | | spouse = Smt. Fatima Fernandes Alemao | ||
| children = 1 son (Savio Valen Alemao) and 5 daughters (Valanka Alemao, Sharon Alemao, Aninha Alemao, Sara Anina Alemao, Wanda Alemao) | | children = 1 son (Savio Valen Alemao) and 5 daughters (Valanka Alemao, Sharon Alemao, Aninha Alemao, Sara Anina Alemao, Wanda Alemao) | ||
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'''Churchill Braz Alemao''' is a former [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]] and former MP of the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] of India. He is the current MLA of [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim constituency]] in the state of [[Goa]]. | '''Churchill Braz Alemao''' (born 16 May 1949) is a former [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]] and former MP of the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] of India. He is the current MLA of [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim constituency]] in the state of [[Goa]]. | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
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===Founding United Goans Democratic Party=== | ===Founding United Goans Democratic Party=== | ||
Alemao founded the [[United Goans Democratic Party]] as an | Alemao founded the [[United Goans Democratic Party]] as an spinoff of the [[United Goans Party]]. | ||
===Congress Days=== | ===Congress Days=== | ||
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In 2014, after his daughter Valanka Alemao was denied candidature by the [[Indian National Congress]] party in the elections to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] from the [[South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Goa]], Alemao resigned from the [[Indian National Congress]] and announced that he would contest the polls as an independent candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/senior-goa-congress-leader-churchill-alemao-resigns/article5818726.ece|title=Senior Goa Congress leader Churchill Alemao resigns|first=Prakash|last=Kamat|date=22 March 2014|accessdate=30 May 2018|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505202303/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/senior-goa-congress-leader-churchill-alemao-resigns/article5818726.ece#|archive-date=5 May 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=4932 |title=Churchill joins Trinamool to contest South |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505203431/http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=4932 |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | In 2014, after his daughter Valanka Alemao was denied candidature by the [[Indian National Congress]] party in the elections to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] from the [[South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Goa]], Alemao resigned from the [[Indian National Congress]] and announced that he would contest the polls as an independent candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/senior-goa-congress-leader-churchill-alemao-resigns/article5818726.ece|title=Senior Goa Congress leader Churchill Alemao resigns|first=Prakash|last=Kamat|date=22 March 2014|accessdate=30 May 2018|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505202303/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/senior-goa-congress-leader-churchill-alemao-resigns/article5818726.ece#|archive-date=5 May 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=4932 |title=Churchill joins Trinamool to contest South |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505203431/http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=4932 |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
Two days later, Alemao joined the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] | Two days later, Alemao joined the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and was formally inducted in the party by [[Madan Mitra]], a Minister of State in the [[Government of West Bengal]]. He contested the elections to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] from the [[South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)]] as a candidate of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and was defeated by [[Narendra Keshav Sawaikar]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Alemao polled 11,941<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/sawaikar-overcomes-all-odds-bag-s-goa-ls-seat |title=Sawaikar overcomes all odds to bag S Goa LS seat |access-date=18 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517211414/http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/sawaikar-overcomes-all-odds-bag-s-goa-ls-seat |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> votes in these elections.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://heraldgoa.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Churchill-Alemao-to-join-Trinamool/86927.html |title=Herald |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505194129/http://heraldgoa.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Churchill-Alemao-to-join-Trinamool/86927.html |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-03-25/news/48558991_1_tmc-leader-south-goa-daughter-valanka |title=Ex-Goa CM Churchill Alemao joins TMC |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505194152/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-03-25/news/48558991_1_tmc-leader-south-goa-daughter-valanka |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
===Joining Nationalist Congress Party=== | ===Joining Nationalist Congress Party=== | ||
On 17 October 2016 Alemao joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) and declared his intent to contest the election on the NCP ticket. | On 17 October 2016 Alemao joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) and declared his intent to contest the election on the NCP ticket. He won the [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]] seat in [[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election]]. | ||
===Return to AITC=== | |||
Alemao again joined AITC on 13 December 2021.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 December 2021|title=Goa: NCP’s Churchill Alemao Announces Merger With TMC|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-goa-ncps-churchill-alemao-announces-merger-with-tmc/404880|work=Outlook India|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=13 December 2021|title=Churchill Alemao, sole NCP MLA in Goa, joins Trinamool on Mamata Banerjee’s visit to state|url=https://theprint.in/politics/churchill-alemao-sole-ncp-mla-in-goa-joins-trinamool-on-mamata-banerjees-visit-to-state/780879/|work=The Print|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Football== | ==Football== | ||
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[[Category:Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly]] | [[Category:Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly]] | ||
[[Category:1949 births]] | [[Category:1949 births]] | ||
[[Category:Goa MLAs | [[Category:Goa MLAs 2017–2022]] | ||
[[Category:People from Benaulim]] | [[Category:People from Benaulim]] | ||
[[Category:Indian politicians convicted of crimes]] | [[Category:Indian politicians convicted of crimes]] | ||
[[Category:United Goans Democratic Party politicians]] | |||