Yuri Lenon Elias Alemao[a] (born 16 November 1984)[2] is an Indian politician, businessman, and former aircraft pilot[3] who has served as Leader of the Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly and Leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Goa since September 2022.[4] He is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Cuncolim Assembly constituency since 2022.
Yuri Alemao | |
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 Alemao in 2022 | |
| Leader of the Opposition of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2022[1] | |
| Governor | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Preceded by | Michael Lobo |
| Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Clafasio Dias |
| Constituency | Cuncolim |
| Leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Goa | |
| In office 20 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Lobo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuri Lenon Elias Alemao 16 November 1984 Margao, Goa, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress (since 2020) |
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| Spouse | Viola Dias |
| Children | 2 |
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Early life
editYuri Lenon Elias Alemao was born on 16 November 1984 in Margao, Goa, to Debbie and Joaquim Alemao, a former urban development minister and MLA from the Cuncolim Assembly constituency. He has three siblings.[5] His paternal uncle is Churchill Alemao, the former chief minister of Goa.[6][2]
Alemao completed his Secondary School Certificate from Goa and has a commercial pilot licence from Basair Aviation College, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia from 2006.[7]
Political career
editIn February 2012, Alemao began his political career as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).[8] He unsuccessfully contested the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Sanguem Assembly constituency. He lost to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Subhash Phal Desai by 483 votes, finishing in second place.[9] Alemao subsequently served as the president of the NCP's youth wing in Goa.[10]
Alemao left the NCP in August 2018 after the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election. He then joined the Goa Forward Party (GFP) and remained there until his resignation in November 2020. Alemao joined the Indian National Congress (INC) later that same month.[6][11]
Alemao won via the Indian National Congress ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Cuncolim Assembly constituency.[12] He defeated Clafasio Dias of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 6,632 votes.[12]
Alemao is credited for advocating the inclusion of the Cuncolim Revolt in the educational curricula of schools and colleges in Goa.[13] He also raised the longstanding issue of hazardous waste disposal at the Cuncolim Industrial Estate.[14]
Personal life
editNotes
edit- ↑ alternately spelt as Yuri Alemão.
References
edit- ↑ "Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao new leader of opposition in Goa assembly | Goa News - Times of India". M.timesofindia.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ↑ "Amidst Turbulence In Cong; Pilot Yuri Flies Higher - Goemkarponn - Goa News". 20 September 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ "Congress appoints Yuri Alemao as legislature party leader in Goa Assembly". The Indian Express. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ↑ "Joaquim Alemao profile". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Goa: Joaquim Alemao, Yuri Alemao set for Congress re-entry". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Alemao Yuri(Indian National Congress(INC)): Constituency- Cuncolim (South Goa) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ↑ "Yuri Alemao gets NCP's Sanguem ticket". The Times of India. 10 February 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Goa 2012". Election Commission of India. 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Yuri Alemao, son of Congress leader Joaquim Alemao, has been appointed as president of youth wing of NCP, Goa. Yuri had contested the last assembly election from Sanguem and had narrowly lost to the BJP. For more than two years he had actively worked in the constituency of Sanguem". The Times of India. 12 February 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Hub, Goa News (17 August 2018). "Yuri Alemao to join Goa Forward Party on August 26". Goa News Hub. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Yuri Alemao, INC MLA from Cuncolim – Our Neta". Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ↑ "Inclusion of Cuncolim Revolt in curriculum gets House nod". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ nt (3 May 2026). "Removal of legacy waste begins at Cuncolim industrial estate". The Navhind Times. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ "Not for sale". InGoa 24x7 via Twitter. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ Chhatre, Akshata. "ऑस्ट्रेलियात पायलट प्रशिक्षण, कुंकळ्ळीचे आमदार; गोव्याचे 'LOP Yuri'चा रंजक प्रवास". Goa News in Marathi - Dainik Gomantak (in Marathi). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ ""Do Not Remain Silent": Yuri Alemão Calls Youth to Active Citizenship at Fransalian Conference". Catholic Connnect. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "I Am Born In A Christian Family But I Am Not A Christian MLA – Yuri Alemao". RDX Goa. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2026.