'''Francisco Cosme Sardinha''' (born 15 April 1946) is an Indian politician, who is served as the [[17th Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (MP), representedrepresenting [[South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Goa]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3914|access-date=2021-07-11|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> Prior to that, he served as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] from 24 November 1999 to 23 October 2000 and as the Speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from February 2005 to June 2007. He is a senior leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] party having won 6 times as MLA from [[Curtorim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Curtorim]] assembly and 4 times as Lok Sabha MP from [[South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Goa]] constituency.
