Jack de Sequeira

João Hugo Eduardo de Sequeira (20 April 1915 – 19 February 1989), popularly known as Dr. Jack de Sequeira, also known as Jak Siker according to local naming conventions, was an Indian politician and former surgeon who is widely considered in Goa to be the "Father of the Opinion Poll", which led to the former territory attaining statehood in 1987.

Jack de Sequeira
Leader of the Opposition, Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
In office
20 December 1963 – January 1967
GovernorKunhiraman Palat Candeth
T. Sivasankar
M. R. Sachdev
Hari Sharma
K. R. Damle
Chief MinisterDayanand Bandodkar
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHimself
In office
April 1967 – August 1970
GovernorK. R. Damle
Nakul Sen
Chief MinisterDayanand Bandodkar
Preceded byHimself
In office
March 1972 – September 1974
GovernorNakul Sen
S. K. Banerji
Chief MinisterDayanand Bandodkar
Member of Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
In office
20 December 1963 – January 1967
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYaswant Desai
ConstituencyPanaji
In office
April 1967 – 1980
Preceded byJoaquim Araujo
Succeeded byMichael Fernandes
ConstituencySt. Cruz
Personal details
Born
João Hugo Eduardo de Sequeira

(1915-04-20)20 April 1915
Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)
Died19 February 1989(1989-02-19) (aged 73)
Goa, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyUnited Goans Party
Spouse
Lilia Margarida de Gouveia Pinto
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(m. 1938)​
Children9, including Erasmo
RelativesAisha de Sequeira (granddaughter)
Websitedrjackdesequeira.com

De Sequeira was Goa's first Leader of the Opposition when the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly was launched in 1963. He was born to Goan parents in British Burma, and shaped politics in Goa during the 1960s and 1970s in particular.

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