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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Michael Lobo
| image =Michael V Lobo.jpg
| constituency_AM = [[Calangute]]
| assembly = Goa Legislative
| majority = 
| term_start = {{Start date|2012|03|07|df=yes}}
| term_end = 
| predecessor = Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes

| prior_term = 5 years
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|06|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mapusa]], [[Goa]], [[India]]
| birthname = Michael Vincent Lobo
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Indian national congress]]
| spouse = Sancha Delilah Lobo
| relations =
| children = Two children
| residence =[[Parra, Goa]]
| alma_mater =[[St. Britto's, Goa]]
| occupation = Businessperson, Politician
| cabinet =Minister
| committees = Estimates, Budget
| portfolio = Minister for waste management
| office=
| father=Melchiades Vincent Lobo
| mother=Almira Lobo
| website=[http://michaellobo.co.in/ Official website]
}}
'''Michael Vincent Lobo''' (born 18 June 1976) is an Indian businessperson and politician from [[Goa]] state. Born in [[Mapusa]], Goa. Lobo is a [[Roman Catholic]]. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. In the [[2012 Goa legislative assembly election|2012 state assembly election]], he defeated incumbent Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] for [[Calangute (Goa Assembly constituency)|Calangute]] Vidhan Sabha Constituency Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes and became a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 7 March 2012.

Lobo was the chairman of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority and a member of different committees in the [[Government of Goa]]. He opposed the opening of India's first [[Playboy]] club in [[Candolim]]. He is married to Sancha Delilah Lobo, who is the [[sarpanch]] of [[Parra village]].

==Early life==
Michael Vincent Lobo was born on 18 June 1976 to Melchiades Vincent Lobo and Almira Lobo in [[Mapusa]] town, [[North Goa]]. He obtained a [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] ([[twelfth grade]]) in 1993.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/143_profile_MLobo-12.pdf | title=Members – Michael Vincent Lobo | publisher=Goavidhansabha.gov.in. [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] | access-date=7 November 2013}}</ref> He is a Roman Catholic.<ref name="TOI2013">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-28/mangalore/38878130_1_21-mlas-nilesh-cabral-communal-party | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109073536/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-28/mangalore/38878130_1_21-mlas-nilesh-cabral-communal-party | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 November 2013 | title=BJP ropes in Goan Christian MLAs | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=28 April 2013 | agency=Times News Network | access-date=8 November 2013 | location=Mangalore}}</ref>

==Political career==
Lobo was a member of one of the two major political parties in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party. The party is the ruling party in Goa. He also served as the president of North Goa BJP.<ref name="BusinessStandard2013">{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/nigerians-in-goa-feel-the-heat-after-police-action-113110101048_1.html | title=Nigerians in Goa feel the heat after police action | work=[[Business Standard]]| date=1 November 2013 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=7 November 2013 }}</ref>

Lobo contested on the BJP ticket from Calangute Vidhan Sabha constituency (constituency number eight) in the [[2012 Goa legislative assembly election]]. According to his statement of expenditure on election, he spent over {{INRConvert|400000}} of his own money on his campaign.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/goa2012/expense.php?candidate_id=64 | title=Abstract Statement of Expenditure on Election – Michael Lobo | publisher=Myneta.info. [[Association for Democratic Reforms]] | access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> He received a total of 9,891 votes out of 17,751 polled votes, and won against the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate and incumbent MLA for Calangute Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes by 1,875 votes.<ref name="2008ElectionReport">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Statistical_Report_GOA2012.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa – List of Successful Candidates | publisher=Eci.nic.in. [[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=7 November 2013 | pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/StatReport_AS_2007_GOA_after_IC.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa – List of Successful Candidates | publisher=Eci.nic.in. [[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=8 November 2013 | pages=7}}</ref> He became a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa when it was constituted on 7 March 2012.<ref name="Profile" /> He resigned as a Minister and the Member of Legislative Assembly on 10 January 2022. He joined the Indian National Congress on 11 January 2022 along with his wife.
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He is the chairman of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority since 24 May 2012; the authority has jurisdiction over state capital [[Panaji]] and Mapusa.<ref name="Profile" /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-05/goa/31585572_1_planning-shubham-chodankar-town | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025105059/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-05/goa/31585572_1_planning-shubham-chodankar-town | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 October 2012 | title=MLAs Lobo, Rajan Naik to head planning and development authorities | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 May 2012 | agency=Times News Network | access-date=9 November 2013 | location=Panaji}}</ref> In April 2013, he vehemently opposed the proposal for opening India's first [[Playboy Club]] at [[Candolim Beach]], [[Candolim]], and said the proposal was "tantamount to promoting prostitution".<ref name="TOIApril2013">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-12/goa/38490413_1_playboy-cafe-playboy-club-playboy-website | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109073516/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-12/goa/38490413_1_playboy-cafe-playboy-club-playboy-website | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 November 2013 | title=No joy for Playboy, protests pour in | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=12 April 2013 | agency=Times News Network | access-date=9 November 2013 }}</ref><ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goa-refuses-permission-to-open-playboy-club-on-candolim-beach/1/262543.html | title=Goa refuses permission to open India's first Playboy club on Candolim beach | work=[[India Today]]| date=16 April 2013 | agency=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> He declared his intention to go on a [[hunger strike]] to protest against the government if it went ahead with the proposal and allowed the Playboy club.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/playboys-goa-plan-faces-opposition-from-bjp-mla/article4594934.ece | title=Playboy's Goa plan faces opposition from BJP MLA | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=8 April 2013 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=9 November 2013 | location=Panaji}}</ref> The government withdrew its permission under intense opposition from different sectors of the community including [[sarpanchas]], social activists, women's groups and members of the ruling party itself.<ref name="TOIApril2013" /><ref name="IndiaToday" />

He campaigned for the party's candidates in [[Mangalore]] during the [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] in April and May 2013, and met the Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore]] [[Aloysius Paul D'Souza]] for his endorsement.<ref name="TOI2013" /> He is a member of Estimates Committee and Budget Committee in the Government of Goa since 8 August 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member-committee.php?id=143&flag=MLA | title=Members – Michael Lobo – Committees | publisher=Goavidhansabha.gov.in. [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] | access-date=8 November 2013}}</ref>

On 8 November 2015, Lobo tore down an illegal compound wall being constructed next to a resort in Calangute.<ref>http://www.goacom.com/test-1/29901-calangute-mla-razes-encroaching-resort-wall{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The resort owner has also illegally filled up a lowlying paddy field adjacent to his resort near the Calangute church.

==Personal life==
Michael Lobo is married to Sancha Delilah Lobo, and together they have two children.<ref name="Profile" /> Delilah is the [[sarpanch]] of Parra village.<ref name="BusinessStandard2013" /> Lobo and his wife are in possession of properties and pecuniary resources in the form of cash at hand, money in banks, National Savings Scheme and postal savings, land, jewels, insurance and properties worth about {{INRConvert|200|m}} as in 2012, based on information furnished by Lobo in the affidavit submitted by him while filing his nomination for the 2012 state assembly election.<ref name="MyNetaProfile">{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=64 | title=Candidate – Michael Lobo | publisher=Myneta.info. [[Association for Democratic Reforms]] | access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> His interests include music, dancing and swimming.<ref name="Profile" /> He resides in Bhati Wado, Parra village, [[Bardez]].<ref name="MyNetaProfile" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=64 Michael Lobo] at myneta.info
* [https://www.michaellobo.in Official Website]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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