Ricardo Miranda was born on August 22,1976 and is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 2015 Alberta general election representing the electoral district of Calgary-Cross.
11 Facts About Ricardo Miranda
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On February 2,2016, Miranda was appointed Alberta's Minister of Culture and Tourism.
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In 1988, Ricardo Miranda left war-torn Nicaragua immigrating to Canada as a refugee when he was just 10-years-old.
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Ricardo Miranda graduated from Father Lacombe High School in Calgary, and went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary.
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Ricardo Miranda engaged for several years in activism for various workers' rights organizations.
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Ricardo Miranda went on to work for CUPE as a researcher in the Alberta office of CUPE National, where he met and worked with Louis Arab, husband of the incumbent premier and Alberta NDP leader the Hon.
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Previously, Ricardo Miranda had served as a member of various committees, including the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund and the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee.
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Ricardo Miranda served as chair of the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future.
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Ricardo Miranda was elected as an MLA in the 2015 Alberta general election, becoming one of the first three openly LGBT politicians elected to the provincial legislature, alongside caucus colleagues Michael Connolly and Estefania Cortes-Vargas.
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In February 2016, Ricardo Miranda was appointed as Alberta's Minister of Culture and Tourism in a provincial government headed by Notley.
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Ricardo Miranda became Alberta's first cabinet minister to be married in a same-sex wedding.