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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, businessman and former medical practitioner who is widely considered in Goa to be the "Father of the Opinion Poll", which led to the former territory attaining statehood in 1987. De Sequeira was Goa's first Leader of the Opposition when the inaugural Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly was launched in 1963. Born to Goan emigrant parents in British Burma (now Myanmar), de Sequeira shaped politics in Goa during the 1960s and 1970s in particular. Provided by Wikipedia