Aleixo Sequeira | |
Birth Name: | Aleixo A. Sequeira |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1957 |
Birth Place: | Mombasa, Kenya Colony (now Kenya) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Residence: | Nuvem, Goa, India |
Office: | Minister of Environment, Captain of Ports, Law and Judiciary and Legislative Affairs, Government of Goa[1] |
Term Start: | 19 November 2023[2] |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Pramod Sawant |
Predecessor: | Nilesh Cabral |
Office2: | Member of Goa Legislative Assembly |
Constituency2: | Nuvem |
Term Start2: | 10 March 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Wilfred D'sa |
Party: | Bhartiya Janta Party (2022–present) |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (till September 2022) |
Alma Mater: | Bombay University (B.Com) |
Aleixo A. Sequeira (born 10 April 1957) is an Indian politician and businessman who serves as the member and cabinet minister in the second Pramod Sawant ministry of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Nuvem Assembly constituency.[3] He successfully contested on the Indian National Congress ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election by defeating Revolutionary Goans Party candidate Arvind D'Costa by a margin of 4,397 votes.[4]
Aleixo A. Sequeira was born on 10 April 1957 to Eusebio Antonio de Piedade Sequeira and Ermelinda Figueiredo e Sequeira (née Figueiredo) in Mombasa, Kenya Colony (now Kenya).[5] He completed his graduation in Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University in 1979. He is married to a retired service teacher and currently resides at Nuvem, Goa.[6]