Prof. José Cristóvão Patrocínio de São Francisco Xavier Pinto, (Membro do Parlamento, Portugal)

Cristóvão Pinto was a member of Partido Indiano. He was thrice appointed as representative of Portuguese India in the Parliament at Lisbon. Because of his extraordinary flair for writing and journalism he was also appointed as the librarian of the prestigious Instituto Vasco da Gama.

Member of:

• Cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo (Order of Jesus Christ)
• Academy of scientists of Lisbon

Deputado (Member of Parliament, Lisbon):

• Elected Member of Portuguese Parliament in 1890 representing Margão, Took oath on Jan 15, 1890.
• Re-elected in 1893, took an oath on Feb 23, 1893
• Re-elected in 1894 and represented Nova Goa (Goa) till 1906.

Professor of Superior Colonial College.

Author of Publications and Bills in Portuguese Parliament:

• As Gauncarias de Goa, Nova Goa, 1880
• Plano do organização administrativa do ensino público em Portugal, projecto de Lei apresentado ao Parlamento, Lisboa, 1893
• Estudos de politica portugueza com uma carta do Exmo. Sr. Conselheiro Thomaz Ribeiro, Lisboa, 1893
• O Antigo Imperialismo Português e as Leis Modernas do Governo Colonial, Lisboa, 1898
• Les Indigenes de L'Inde Portugaise: Memoire, Lisboa, 1906