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Mickky Pacheco

MLA
Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky)
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
for Nuvem
Assumed office
7 March 2012
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 Vikas Party
Other political
affiliations
Nationalist Congress Party
United Goans Democratic Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
United Goans Democratic Party (Secular)
Spouse(s) Sara Pacheco (estranged)
Domestic partner Viola Pacheco
Parents Joao Francisco Pacheco
Luiza Fernandes e Pacheco

References
MLA Profile

Previous Election Details

References
MLA Profile

Francisco Xavier Pacheco (Mickky) is a politician from the Indian state of Goa and the leader of the Goa Vikas Party.

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. He is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Nuvem, and has served two terms in the past from Benaulim. In 2015, Pacheco was convicted for assaulting a government official and sentenced to imprisonment for six months, forcing him to resign from his ministerial post.

Pacheco won the 2002 Legislative Assembly election as a member of the United Goans Democratic Party. He later split and formed the United Goans Democratic Party (Secular), which merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2005. He later joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and won the 2007 election. Prior to the 2012 Legislative Assembly election, he left the NCP and joined the Goa Vikas Party (GVP). Pacheco's partner Viola Pacheco was made the GVP president.

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 7.9 crore or US$1.2 million in 2016). He was an associate of former Chief Minister of Goa Churchill Alemao, but defeated him in the 2002 election. 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.


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