Phyllis Faria (1924-2018) was an Indian politician and nominated MLA of the

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. She also served as the President of the

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Personal life

Phyllis Faria was born as Phyllis Yolanda Virginia de Souza in a family of educationists on 17 April 1924 to Alphonsus Ligouri de Souza and Elsie Beatrice. Phyllis became a teacher and taught for over 25 years. She married Antonio Vasco de Faria.

Political career

In 1966, Faria was appointed as the Chairperson of the Project Implementation Committee,

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. In 1970, she was elected as a

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of the

and in 1973 became the first woman President of the Council. In January 1985, Faria along with

Sulochana Katkar Sulochana Ramakant Katkar (1929–2012) was an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress in Goa. She served as a nominated member of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1989 and was the longest-servin ...

and

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was nominated as a member of the

. During her tenure as a nominated MLA of the

, she served as a member of the Library Committee and the Committee on Privileges of the

. She was also the President of the

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Mahila Congress. In 1990, Faria became the first woman Chairperson of the Goa Handicrafts Rural & Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (GHRSSIDC). She served as the Chairperson of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Faria was the Vice Chairperson of the Sanjay Centre For Special Education and as a Director of the Goa Bal Bhavan. She also chaired the Managing Committee of the Sacred Heart School at Parra, Goa.

Awards

She was honoured with the Yashadamini Puraskar by the

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in 2002. Faria was felicitated on 9 January 2014 at the valedictory ceremony to mark the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the

Death

Phyllis Faria died at the

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on 22 February 2018 after a brief illness.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faria, Phyllis Women in Goa politics 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians People from Mapusa 1924 births 2018 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Goa Women members of the Goa Legislative Assembly Goa MLAs 1984–1989