Mickky Pacheco
Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky) | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Goa Su-Raj Party |
| Other political affiliations | Goa Vikas Party Nationalist Congress Party United Goans Democratic Party Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 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 Goa Su-Raj Party.[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
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 quited Goa Vikas Party and Joined Goa Su-raj Party and he lost from 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 ₹11 crore or US$1.3 million in 2023).[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
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
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 ₹9.3 lakh or US$11,000 in 2023) 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
- ^ a b c "Shri Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)" (PDF). Goa Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Goa Vikas Party supremo to lend colour to new cabinet". Panaji: The Times of India. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ 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.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c "Goa minister Francisco Pacheco, convicted for slapping government servant, resigns". Panaji: Zee News. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Shri Francisco Xavier Pacheco Previous Election Details". Goa Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ Sanjay Banerjee (27 January 2005). "Regional party MLA joins BJP". Panaji: The Times of India. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Pacheco joins Goa Vikas Party". Panaji: The Hindu. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Mickky opens offices at Loutulim, Nuvem". Margao: O Heraldo. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Mickky yet to contact Viola, buddies clueless". Panaji: O Heraldo. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g 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.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g "The rise and fall of Mickky" (PDF). O Heraldo. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Convicted Goa MLA wants pardon because of hypertension!". Oneindia. 1 August 2015.
- ^ a b c Soutik Biswas (10 December 2003). "'Bling-bling' birthday for Goan politician". BBC News. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b "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.