Michael Lobo

Michael Lobo Biography

Michael Lobo is an Indian politician from Goa, and also a businessman. He currently serves as the deputy speaker of Goa legislative assembly since 24 March 2017 in the BJP led state government. Lobo is associated with Bharatiya Janata Party. He defeated Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes, incumbent Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly for Calangute Vidhan Sabha Constituency to win a seat in 2012 and he retained the seat in 2017 assembly elections too. He is a president of North Goa BJP and is the chairman of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority since 24 May 2012. His wife Sancha Delilah Lobo serves as the sarpanch of Parra village.

Michael Vincent Lobo was born on 18 June 1976 into a Roman Catholic family in Mapusa, Goa. Melchiades Vincent Lobo and Almira Lobo are his parents. He completed his higher secondary studies in 1993. He was into business before he joined state politics. Lobo contested on the BJP ticket from Calangute Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 2012 Goa legislative assembly election. For election campaign he spent over 4 lakhs of his own money and got elected to state assembly for the first time. He defeated Indian National Congress candidate and incumbent MLA for Calangute Agnelo Nicholas Fernandez by 1,875 votes.

In April 2013, he opposed the proposal for opening India's first Playboy Club at Candolim Beach, Candolim, accusing it of promoting prostitution. The government withdrew its permission under intense opposition from different sectors of the society, and Lobo even threatened to go for a hunger strike. He has been associated with election campaigns of Karnataka in 2013 legislative elections. He is married to Sancha Delilah Lobo, and the couple has two children.

Published: February 15, 2019

Updated: February 15, 2019