Background
Michael Vincent Lobo was born on 18 June 1976 to Melchiades Vincent Lobo and Almira Lobo in Mapusa town, North Goa.
Michael Vincent Lobo was born on 18 June 1976 to Melchiades Vincent Lobo and Almira Lobo in Mapusa town, North Goa.
Born in Mapusa, Goa, Lobo is a Roman Catholic. He opposed the opening of India"s first Playboy club in Candolim. He obtained a Higher Secondary School Certificate (twelfth grade) in 1993.
He is a Roman Catholic.
The party is the ruling party in Goa. He is a president of North Goa BJP. Lobo contested on the BJP ticket from Calangute Vidhan Sabha constituency (constituency number eight) in the 2012 Goa legislative assembly election.
According to his statement of expenditure on election, he spent over ₹400000 (United States$5,900) of his own money on his campaign. He is the chairman of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority since 24 May 2012.
The authority has jurisdiction over state capital Panaji and Mapusa.
In April 2013, he vehemently opposed the proposal for opening India"s first Playboy Club at Candolim Beach, Candolim, and said the proposal was "tantamount to promoting prostitution". He declared his intention to go on a hunger strike to protest against the government if it went ahead with the proposal and allowed the Playboy club He campaigned for the party"s candidates in Mangalore during the 2013 Karnataka legislative assembly election in April and May 2013, and met the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore Aloysius Paul Doctorate"Souza for his endorsement.
On 8 November 2015, Lobo tore down an illegal compound wall being constructed next to a resort in Calangute.
The resort owner has also illegally filled up a lowlying paddy field adjacent to his resort near the Calangute church.
Lobo is a member of one of the two major political parties in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He is a member of ruling party in the Indian Parliament and ruling party in Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In the 2012 state assembly election, he defeated incumbent Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly for Calangute Vidhan Sabha Constituency Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes and became a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 7 March 2012. Lobo is the chairman of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority and a member of different committees in the Government of Goa.
He became a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa when it was constituted on 7 March 2012.
The government withdrew its permission under intense opposition from different sectors of the community including sarpanchas, social activists, women"s groups and members of the ruling party itself. He is a member of Estimates Committee and Budget Committee in the Government of Goa since 8 August 2013.