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| term_end12 = 30 Dec 2011 | | term_end12 = 30 Dec 2011 | ||
| birth_place = [[Benaulim]] | | birth_place = [[Benaulim]] | ||
| party = [[Goa Su-Raj Party]] | | party =[[Indian National Congress]] | ||
| otherparty = | |||
*[[Goa Su-Raj Party]] | |||
*[[Goa Vikas Party]] | |||
*[[Nationalist Congress Party]] | |||
*[[United Goans Democratic Party]] | |||
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | |||
| spouse = 1.Sara Pacheco {1998-?} | | spouse = 1.Sara Pacheco {1998-?} | ||
2.Viola Pacheco | 2.Viola Pacheco | ||
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[http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/9_profile_FPacheco-12.pdf MLA Profile] | [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] | [http://goaassembly.gov.in/member-election-detail.php?id=9&flag=MLA Previous Election Details] | ||
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'''Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)'''<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> is a politician from the Indian state of [[Goa]] and the 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> | |||
'''Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)'''<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> is a politician from the Indian state of [[Goa]] and the leader of the [[ | |||
He has 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/> He is a member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nuvem]], and has served two terms in the past from [[Benaulim]].<ref name=MLA/> In 2015, Pacheco was convicted for 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> | He has 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/> He is a member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nuvem]], and has served two terms in the past from [[Benaulim]].<ref name=MLA/> In 2015, Pacheco was convicted for 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> | ||
Latest revision as of 21:41, 5 November 2021
Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky) | |
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| Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly for Nuvem | |
| In office 7 March 2012 – 18 March 2017 | |
| Minister of Rural Development | |
| In office 8 November 2014 – 4 April 2015 | |
| Minister of Archaeology and Archives | |
| In office 8 November 2014 – 4 April 2015 | |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 3 June 2002 – 14 June 2004 | |
| In office 25 June 2007 – 5 June 2010 | |
| Captain of Ports | |
| In office 3 June 2002 – 14 June 2004 | |
| In office 17 December 2007 – 5 June 2010 | |
| Minister of Housing | |
| In office 25 June 2007 – 5 June 2010 | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 25 June 2005 – 5 June 2007 | |
| Minister of Animal Husbandry | |
| In office 25 June 2005 – 5 June 2007 | |
| Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs | |
| In office 3 June 2002 – 14 June 2004 | |
| Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly for Benaulim | |
| In office June 2002 – 30 Dec 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benaulim |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse(s) | 1.Sara Pacheco {1998-?} 2.Viola Pacheco |
| Parent(s) | Joao Francisco Pacheco Luiza Fernandes e Pacheco |
| References Previous Election Details | |
Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)[1] is a politician from the Indian state of Goa and the leader of the Indian National Congress.[2]
He has 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.[1] He is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Nuvem, and has served two terms in the past from Benaulim.[1] In 2015, Pacheco was convicted for assaulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment for six months,[3] forcing him to resign from his ministerial post.[4]
Political career[edit | edit source]
Pacheco won the 2002 Legislative Assembly election as a member of the United Goans Democratic Party.[5] He later split and formed the United Goans Democratic Party (Secular), which merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2005.[6] He later joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and won the 2007 election.[5] Prior to the 2012 Legislative Assembly election, he left the NCP and joined the Goa Vikas Party (GVP).[7] 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 Dsa.[8][9]
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 ₹5.96 crore (equivalent to ₹9.0 crore or US$1.3 million in 2019).[10] He was an associate of former Chief Minister of Goa Churchill Alemao, but defeated him in the 2002 election.[11] 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.[10][11]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Belonging to a Catholic family,[12] Pacheco claims to be from a "very poor family".[13] He dropped out of school in 1981 when he was in seventh standard, and became a tailor "to support his family".[10][14] Later he moved to Bahrain and the US.[10] Pacheco says that he is still a fashion designer, and owns a showroom in Paris.[13] Pacheco is a fan of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, and was a bass guitarist in a local band.[13] Pacheco was the owner of a football club Fransa-Pax FC, which was dissolved in March 2006 as a protest against the All India Football Federation.[15]
Controversies[edit | edit source]
Pacheco has been involved in various controversies,[10] and has ten criminal cases registered against him.[14] In June 2006, Pacheco slapped a junior engineer Kapil Natekar for not attending his personal assistant's call.[4] Pacheco was sentenced to imprisonment for six months.[4] In June 2010, he was arrested over his alleged involvement in the suicide of his girlfriend Nadia Torrado.[11] 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.[11] His estranged wife Sara Pacheco accused him of bigamy under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.[11] Other cases against him are road rage, abusing and threatening a traffic police constable in Margao, forgery in property deals, and extortion of ₹3.69 lakh (equivalent to ₹7.5 lakh or US$10,000 in 2019) from a casino in 2009.[10][11]
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.[10][11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Shri Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)" (PDF). Goa Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Goa Vikas Party supremo to lend colour to new cabinet". The Times of India. Panaji. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ Utkarsh Anand (12 May 2015). "Supreme court asks former Goa Minister Francisco Pacheco to 'surrender immediately'". New Delhi: The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Goa minister Francisco Pacheco, convicted for slapping government servant, resigns". Panaji: Zee News. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Shri Francisco Xavier Pacheco Previous Election Details". Goa Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ Sanjay Banerjee (27 January 2005). "Regional party MLA joins BJP". The Times of India. Panaji. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Pacheco joins Goa Vikas Party". The Hindu. Panaji. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Mickky opens offices at Loutulim, Nuvem". Margao: O Heraldo. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Mickky yet to contact Viola, buddies clueless". Panaji: O Heraldo. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Shalini Nair (7 May 2015). "The case of Francisco Mickky Pacheco: From humble beginning, to flashy lifestyle & run-ins with law". Mumbai: The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 "The rise and fall of Mickky" (PDF). O Heraldo. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Convicted Goa MLA wants pardon because of hypertension!". Oneindia. 1 August 2015.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Soutik Biswas (10 December 2003). "'Bling-bling' birthday for Goan politician". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Francisco Xavier Pacheco". myneta.info. Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Fransa to be disbanded: Pacheco". Rediff.com. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2015.