Filipe Nery Rodrigues

Filipe Nery Rodrigues is an Indian politician, businessman and civil engineer who served as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Velim Assembly constituency in the 1999, 2002, 2007, and 2017 elections as a member of the Indian National Congress. In July 2019, he was one of ten INC members who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Rodrigues was born on 19 October 1962 in Salcete, Goa, the son of Cruz Rodrigues. He completed his diploma in civil engineering at Government Polytechnic, Panaji in 1984.