Nilesh Cabral

Personal life Nilesh Joao Cabral was born on 10 July 1972 to Joao Cabral. An engineer, Cabral earned a Diploma in Mining and Mine Surveying from the Government Polytechnic, Panaji in 1992.

By profession, Cabral is a transport contractor as well as barge owner. He is the Chairman of the Goa Chess Association since June 2017.

Cabral is a practising Catholic.

Career

Cabral was once a close confidante of Shyam Satardekar and also worked for the latter's victory in the 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election. But later, differences arose between Satardekar and Cabral. He was once again appointed the Chairman of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation in April 2017 and held the post till 7 November 2018.

Since 24 September 2018, Cabral is the Cabinet Minister of Power, Non-Conventional Energy, Law & Judiciary as well as Legislative Affairs Raghav Chadha traveled from Delhi to Goa to debate; however, later on, the debate took place between Valmiki Naik and Nilesh Cabral In 2022, Cabral won the assembly election on BJP ticket from Curchorem constituency.

Nilesh Cabral has resigned from the Pramod Sawant-led state cabinet 19 November 2023.