Alan Rick
{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alan Rick
| birthname = Alan Rick Miranda
| image = Alan Rick.jpg
| caption = Official portrait as senator
| alt =
| 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 = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
| party = UNIÃO (2022–present)
| otherparty = {{Plainlist|
- DEM (2017–2022)
- Republicanos (2013–2017)
- PSB (2007–2013)
}}
}}
Alan Rick Miranda (born 23 October 1976), more commonly known as Alan Rick, is a Brazilian politician as well as a journalist, 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.{{cite web|title=Alan Rick – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/178836/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=1 July 2019}}
Personal life
Rick is the son of Antonio Milton Miranda and Maria Gorete Costa de Moraes da Silva. He holds a postgraduate in political journalism, and prior to becoming a politician he worked as a television presenter, business manager, and journalist.{{cite web|title=Alan Rick: um acreano e republicano em defesa da família em Brasília|trans-title=Alan Rick: an Acre and Republican in defense of the family in Brasilia|url=https://www.prb10.org.br/noticias/entrevista-da-semana/entrevista-um-acriano-e-republicano-na-defesa-da-familia-em-brasilia/|work=PRB|first1=Helen|last1=Assumpção|first2=Douglas|last2=Gomes|language=Portuguese|date=21 November 2014|accessdate=1 July 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=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/|url-status=dead}} Rick is the pastor of the Forest Evangelical Baptist Church in Rio Branco. He is married to Michele Miranda, whom he wed in 2009.
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, although he switched to the Democrats in 2017. He was reelected in the 2018 election 22,263 votes (or 5,24% of all the valid votes cast).{{cite web|url=https://segredosdomundo.r7.com/2o-turno-quem-ja-ganhou-e-quais-cargos-serao-decididos-no-dia-28/|title=2º turno: quem já ganhou e quais cargos serão decididos no dia 28|publisher=R7|first=Júlia|last=Marreto|date=8 October 2018|accessdate=1 July 2019}}
Rick voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.{{cite news|title=Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|archive-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=18 September 2017}} He voted in favor of tax reforms and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,{{cite web|title=Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/veja-como-deputados-votaram-no-impeachment-de-dilma-na-pec-241-na-reforma-trabalhista-e-na-denuncia-contra-temer.ghtml|date=2 August 2017|accessdate=1 July 2019|language=Portuguese|publisher=O Globo|trans-title=See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer}} and in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.{{cite news|title=Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=4 August 2017|accessdate=18 September 2017}}
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.
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Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Acre
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