Churchill Braz Alemao
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Churchill Braz Alemao is a MP of the 14th Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 of India
India
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 and an alleged gangster. He represents the Mormugao
Mormugao (Lok Sabha constituency)
South Goa Lok Sabha constituency is one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa in western India.-Assembly segments:...

 constituency of Goa
Goa
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 and is a member of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

.

In the 80's Churchill was allegedly involved in smuggling gold; in 1992 his brother Alvernaz Alemao was caught with a cargo of gold, he was killed after a struggle with a Customs Officer. So powerful was the hold of the Alemao family in the region that when the Customs Officer went to the Colva Police Station to seek protection, they refused to entertain him http://goanobserver.com/police-cry-murder-no-proof-says-cbi.html

Churchill was Chief Minister of Goa for a brief period in the early '90s, and later became an MP for Goa South.
He is currently a Minister in the Goa State Government for Public Works Dept., Science & Technology and Rural Development.

The football Team Churchill Brothers, is owned by his family.

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