Joshua Peter De Souza (born 12 November 1988) is an Indian politician who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly in the by-election in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
On 22 July 2022 he was elected as the Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly with a majority of 24-12 votes against Siolim Congress MLA Delilah Lobo.
Currently, he is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Mapusa Constituency, National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party Minority Morcha, the Vice Chairman of Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) and the Chairman of Mormugao Planning and Development Authority (MPDA).
[citation needed] De Souza is the son of former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa Francis D'Souza who previously served in Mapusa as a councillor (1985-2000), mayor (1998-2000), and MLA (1999-2019).
De Souza's father died on 14 February 2019 at the age of 64, following a battle with cancer.