Alan Rick Explained

Alan Rick
Birthname:Alan Rick Miranda
Office:Senator for Acre
Term Start:1 February 2023
Office1:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start1:1 February 2015
Term End1:31 January 2023
Constituency1:Acre
Birth Date:23 October 1976
Birth Place:Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Party:UNIÃO (2022–present)

Alan Rick Miranda (born 23 October 1976), more commonly known as Alan Rick, is a Brazilian politician as well as a journalist, pastor, and television personality. He has spent his political career representing Acre, who had served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2023 and as senator since 2023.[1]

Personal life

Rick is the son of Antonio Milton Miranda and Maria Gorete Costa de Moraes da Silva.[1] He holds a postgraduate in political journalism, and prior to becoming a politician he worked as a television presenter, business manager, and journalist.[2] Rick is the pastor of the Forest Evangelical Baptist Church in Rio Branco.[2] He is married to Michele Miranda, whom he wed in 2009.[2]

Political career

In the 2014 Brazilian general election Rick was elected to the Federal Chamber of Deputies with 17,903 votes. He was elected under the banner of the Brazilian Republican Party, the first ever politician elected of that party from Acre,[2] although he switched to the Democrats in 2017.[1] He was reelected in the 2018 election 22,263 votes (or 5,24% of all the valid votes cast).[3]

Rick voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] He voted in favor of tax reforms and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[5] and in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[6]

As with many politicians affiliated with the PRB, Rick is considered socially conservative. His main themes in his election campaign was based on defense of Christian morals and family values.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alan Rick – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 1 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Alan Rick: um acreano e republicano em defesa da família em Brasília. Alan Rick: an Acre and Republican in defense of the family in Brasilia. PRB. Helen. Assumpção. Douglas. Gomes. Portuguese. 21 November 2014. 1 July 2019. 2 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190702012758/https://www.prb10.org.br/noticias/entrevista-da-semana/entrevista-um-acriano-e-republicano-na-defesa-da-familia-em-brasilia/. dead.
  3. Web site: 2º turno: quem já ganhou e quais cargos serão decididos no dia 28. R7. Júlia. Marreto. 8 October 2018. 1 July 2019.
  4. News: Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados. 9 April 2012. dead. Carta Capital. Portuguese. 27 April 2017. 18 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer. 2 August 2017. 1 July 2019. Portuguese. O Globo. See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer.
  6. News: Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer. 9 April 2012. dead. Carta Capital. Portuguese. 4 August 2017. 18 September 2017.