Background
Michael was born in 1935 to John Joseph Fernandes and Alice Martha Fernandes (née Pinto), in Mangalore to a Mangalorean Catholic family.
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Michael Fernandes
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University of Madras.
Career
He is the brother of former union minister George Fernandes. Michael is a physics graduate from Madras University and is a retired engineer from ITI Limited. He was elected as a corporator from Bangalore for the first time in 1970, contesting as an independent.
Arrested in December 1975 he was in jail for 15 months in 1975-1977.
In 1999, he contested Lok Sabha elections under Janata Dal (United) ticket, as a part of NDA but lost. However, in 2013 he joined Karnataka Janata Paksha and contested election from Sarvagna Nagar constituency under its party symbol but lost.
In 2014 Karnataka Janata Paksha merged into Bharatiya Janata Party.
Achievements
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He is married to Donna Fernandes, who is also a social activist and is the founder of Vimochana, a women's rights group based at Bangalore. He became an Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka from Bharathi Nagar constituency in 1978, from Janata Party, and won the next term from the same constituency in 1983, but served only for a short time as he lost in the mid-term polls held in 1985.
Membership
In 1988 he became an Member of Legislative Council. Being a senior member of the Janata Dal (United) its Karnataka unit named Michael Fernandes as one of the party"s senior vice-presidents in 2010.
