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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mickky Pacheco
| image = Mickky Pacheco (cropped).png
| birth_name = Francisco Xavier Pacheco
| caption = Pacheco in 2014
| office1 = Member of [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Nuvem Assembly constituency|Nuvem]]
| predecessor1 = ''constituency established''
| successor1 = [[Wilfred D'sa]]
| term_start1 = 7 March 2012
| term_end1 = 18 March 2017
| office2 = Minister of Rural Development and Archaeology and Archives, Goa
| term_start2 = 8 November 2014
| term_end2 = 4 April 2015
| office4 = Minister of Tourism, Goa
| term_start4 = 3 June 2002
| term_end4 = 14 June 2004
| term_start5 = 25 June 2007
| term_end5 = 5 June 2010
| office6 = Captain of Ports
| term_start6 = 3 June 2002
| term_end6 = 14 June 2004
| term_start7 = 17 December 2007
| term_end7 = 5 June 2010
| office8 = Minister of Housing
| term_start8 = 25 June 2007
| term_end8 = 5 June 2010
| office9 = Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Goa
| term_start9 = 25 June 2005
| term_end9 = 5 June 2007
| office11 = Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
| term_start11 = 3 June 2002
| term_end11 = 14 June 2004
| office12 = Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
| constituency12 = [[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]]
| predecessor12 = [[Churchill Alemao]]
| successor12 = [[Caetano Silva]]
| term_start12 = June 2002
| term_end12 = 30 Dec 2011
| birth_place = [[Benaulim]], Goa, India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|12|df=y}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| other_party = {{plainlist|
*[[Goa Su-Raj Party]]
*[[Goa Vikas Party]]
*[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
*[[United Goans Democratic Party]] (2002–2005)
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| spouse = {{ubl|
* {{marriage|Sara Pacheco|1999|2009|end=divorced}}
* Viola Pacheco}}
| partner = Nadia Torrado<br/>(2006–2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/pachecos-wife-quizzed-by-goa-cops-75379.html|title=Pacheco's wife quizzed by Goa cops|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
| footnotes = '''References'''<br />
[http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/9_profile_FPacheco-12.pdf MLA Profile]
[http://goaassembly.gov.in/member-election-detail.php?id=9&flag=MLA Previous Election Details]
}}

'''Francisco Xavier''' "'''Mickky'''" '''Pacheco'''<ref name=MLA>{{cite web|title=Shri Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)|url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/9_profile_FPacheco-12.pdf|publisher=[[Goa Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Minister Mickky Pacheco, Guilty of Slapping Official, Resigns |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/goa-minister-mickky-pacheco-guilty-of-slapping-official-resigns-751911 |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> (born 12 December 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=%2049 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref> is an Indian politician who is a former three-term member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Nuvem Assembly constituency|Nuvem]] and [[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]] constituencies and former leader of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=toi>{{cite news|title=Goa Vikas Party supremo to lend colour to new cabinet|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-Vikas-Party-supremo-to-lend-colour-to-new-cabinet/articleshow/45141082.cms|accessdate=9 October 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 November 2014|location=[[Panaji]]}}</ref> He held portfolios of Rural Development, Archeology and Archives, Tourism, Captain of Ports, Housing, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Sports and Youth Affairs in the state cabinet.<ref name=MLA/>

In 2015, Pacheco was convicted of assaulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment for six months,<ref name=indian-express>{{cite news|author1=Utkarsh Anand|title=Supreme court asks former Goa Minister Francisco Pacheco to 'surrender immediately'|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/supreme-court-asks-former-goa-minister-francisco-pacheco-to-surrender-immediately/|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=12 May 2015|location=New Delhi}}</ref> forcing him to resign from his ministerial post.<ref name=zee>{{cite news|title=Goa minister Francisco Pacheco, convicted for slapping government servant, resigns|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-minister-francisco-pacheco-convicted-for-slapping-government-servant-resigns_1572395.html|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=[[Zee News]]|date=3 April 2015|location=Panaji}}</ref>

==Political career==

Pacheco won the [[2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2002 Legislative Assembly election]] as a member of the [[United Goans Democratic Party]].<ref name=previous>{{cite web|title=Shri Francisco Xavier Pacheco Previous Election Details|url=http://goaassembly.gov.in/member-election-detail.php?id=9&flag=MLA|publisher=Goa Legislative Assembly|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> He later split and formed the [[United Goans Democratic Party (Secular)]], which merged with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2005.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Sanjay Banerjee|title=Regional party MLA joins BJP|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Regional-party-MLA-joins-BJP/articleshow/1002793.cms|accessdate=9 October 2015|work=The Times of India|date=27 January 2005|location=Panaji}}</ref> He later joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) and won the [[2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2007 election]].<ref name=previous/> Prior to the [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2012 Legislative Assembly election]], he left the NCP and joined the [[Goa Vikas Party]] (GVP).<ref>{{cite news|title=Pacheco joins Goa Vikas Party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/pacheco-joins-goa-vikas-party/article2765555.ece|accessdate=9 October 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 January 2012|location=Panaji}}</ref> Pacheco's wife [[Viola Pacheco]] was made the GVP president in 2012 he quit Goa Vikas Party and joined the Goa Su-raj Party; he lost the Nuvem Constituency in the hands of sitting ZP Member of Nuvem Wilfred D'sa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mickky opens offices at Loutulim, Nuvem|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mickky-opens-offices-at-Loutulim-Nuvem-/76720.html|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=[[O Heraldo]]|date=4 August 2014|location=[[Margao]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mickky yet to contact Viola, buddies clueless|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/%E2%80%88%E2%80%88Mickky-yet-to-contact-Viola-buddies-clueless-/88446.html|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=13 May 2015|location=Panaji}}</ref>

In 1981, while he was in seventh standard, Pacheco dropped out of school and became a tailor "to support his family". As per his affidavit in the 2012 Legislative Assembly election, he has assets worth {{INRConvert|5.96|c|year=2012}}.<ref name=express/> He was an associate of former [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister of Goa]] [[Churchill Alemao]], but defeated him in the 2002 election.<ref name=herald>{{cite news|title=The rise and fall of Mickky|url=http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/epaperpdf/442015/442015-md-hr-2.pdf|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=4 April 2015}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Several criminal cases are registered against Pacheco; he was also alleged by the United States (US) authorities of his involvement in illegal immigration of [[Goan]] youth to the US and money laundering racket.<ref name=express>{{cite news|author1=Shalini Nair|title=The case of Francisco Mickky Pacheco: From humble beginning, to flashy lifestyle & run-ins with law |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/francisco-mickky-pacheco-from-humble-beginning-to-flashy-lifestyle-run-ins-with-law/|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=The Indian Express|date=7 May 2015|location=[[Mumbai]]}}</ref><ref name=herald/>

==Personal life==
Belonging to a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] family,<ref>{{cite news|title=Convicted Goa MLA wants pardon because of hypertension!|work=[[Oneindia]]|date=1 August 2015}}</ref> Pacheco claims to be from a "very poor family".<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|author1=Soutik Biswas|title='Bling-bling' birthday for Goan politician|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3304983.stm|access-date=9 October 2015|work=[[BBC News]]|date=10 December 2003}}</ref> He dropped out of school in 1981 when he was in seventh standard, and became a tailor "to support his family".<ref name=express/><ref name=myneta>{{cite web|title=Francisco Xavier Pacheco|url=http://myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=102|website=myneta.info|publisher=[[Association for Democratic Reforms]]|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> Later he moved to [[Bahrain]] and the US.<ref name=express/> Pacheco says that he is still a fashion designer, and owns a showroom in Paris.<ref name=bbc/> Pacheco is a fan of [[Tupac Shakur]] and [[Snoop Dogg]], and was a bass guitarist in a local band.<ref name=bbc/> Pacheco was the owner of a [[Association football|football]] club [[Fransa-Pax FC]], which was dissolved in March 2006 as a protest against the [[All India Football Federation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fransa to be disbanded: Pacheco|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/nfl/20060323.htm|accessdate=9 October 2015|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=23 March 2006}}</ref>

==Reception==
Pacheco has been involved in various controversies,<ref name=express/> and has ten criminal cases registered against him.<ref name=myneta/> In June 2006, Pacheco slapped a junior engineer Kapil Natekar for not attending his personal assistant's call.<ref name="zee"/> Pacheco was sentenced to imprisonment for six months.<ref name=zee/> In June 2010, he was arrested over his alleged involvement in the suicide of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado.<ref name=herald/> He was forced to resign from his ministerial post in the then [[Indian National Congress]]-led government, but was later given a clean chit due to absence of evidence.<ref name=herald/> His estranged wife Sara Pacheco accused him of [[bigamy]] under the [[Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005]].<ref name=herald/> Other cases against him are road rage, abusing and threatening a traffic police constable in [[Margao]], forgery in property deals, and extortion of {{INRConvert|3.69|l|year=2009}} from a casino in 2009.<ref name=express/><ref name=herald/>

Pacheco was probed by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] when the United States' [[Bureau of Diplomatic Security]] alleged his involvement in illegal immigration of [[Goan]] youth and a money laundering racket.<ref name="express"/><ref name=herald/>

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[[Category:1964 births]]

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