Tomazinho Cardozo (born Lamberto Tomás Cardoso;[3] 14 April 1946),[4] is an Indian politician, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English), and teacher who served as a Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly from January 1995 to June 1999.

Cardozo was in teaching[6] for much of his life, having taught maths and science[6] at the school level.

[6] In 1995 he was elected[6] to the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Calangute constituency, which he served for five years.

He founded the tiatr group Tiatr Mogi (Lovers of Tiatr), has been part of the formation of Kala Mogi (Lovers of Art) is also one of the founders of Kandolechim Kirnam, a prominent folk troupe which participated and won numerous awards including the prestigious mando festival award 11 times in the All Goa Mando festivals organized by Goa Cultural and Social Centre from 1974.

[6] He is considered to be a mentor of writers in Roman-script Konkani and has been active in groups like the Dalgado Konknni Akademi and the Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG).