Tomazinho Cardozo

Tomazinho Cardozo (born Lamberto Tomás Cardoso;^[3] 14 April 1946),^[4] is an Indian politician, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English), and teacher who served as a Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly from January 1995 to June 1999.^[5] He is known for his achievements in literature and tiatr in Goa.

Tomazinho Cardozo
Cardozo in 2011
Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 16 January 1995 – 14 June 1999
Preceded by	Hassan Shaikh
Succeeded by	Pratapsingh Rane
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 1994–1999
Preceded by	Suresh Parulekar
Succeeded by	Suresh Parulekar
Constituency	Calangute
1st President of Tiatr Academy of Goa[1]
In office 6 January 2009 – 15 March 2012
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Prince Jacob
President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi[2]
In office 2004–2005
Preceded by	Antimo Gomes
Succeeded by	Wilson Mazarello
In office 2007–2008
Preceded by	Wilson Mazarello
Succeeded by	Premanand Lotlikar
In office 2017–2020
Preceded by	Premanand Lotlikar
Succeeded by	Vincy Quadros
Personal details
Born	Lamberto Tomás Cardoso (1946-04-14) 14 April 1946 (age 79) Pomburpa, Goa, Portuguese India
Nationality	Portuguese (until 1961) Indian (from 1961)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Irene Cardozo
Residence(s)	Candolim, Goa, India
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Politician playwright writer teacher

Career

Teaching and politics

Cardozo was in teaching^[6] for much of his life, having taught maths and science^[6] at the school level. He was the sarpanch^[6] of Candolim village panchayat for 22 years from 1977.^[6] In 1995 he was elected^[6] to the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Calangute constituency, which he served for five years. He made his debut on the Konkani tiatr stage in 1957,^[6] and wrote a play practically every year for the tiatr performance of the church feast.^[6]

Konkani plays

Among his popular Konkani plays are Kanttech Kantte^[6] (1980, whose title could be translated to Thorns, And Yet More Thorns). He founded the tiatr group Tiatr Mogi (Lovers of Tiatr), has been part of the formation of Kala Mogi (Lovers of Art) is also one of the founders of Kandolechim Kirnam, a prominent folk troupe which participated and won numerous awards including the prestigious mando festival award 11 times in the All Goa Mando festivals organized by Goa Cultural and Social Centre from 1974.^[6]

TAG mentor

He is considered to be a mentor of writers in Roman-script Konkani and has been active in groups like the Dalgado Konknni Akademi and the Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG). Cardozo was appointed president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa in February 2011.^[7] He has won awards as the best sarpanch (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).^[6]

Legacy

A road in Candolim is named after him.^[8]