Milton Teófilo Morrison Ramírez[1](born August 14, 1975) is a Dominican electrical engineer,[2] writer,[3] businessperson,[4] Dominican politician[5] and a 2020 Dominican Republic presidential candidate.[6]
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| Born | Milton Teófilo Morrison Ramírez August 14, 1975 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | País Posible (2017–present) |
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| Education | Santo Domingo Institute of Technology |
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Milton was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Mateo Morrison, an award-winning poet, and Cristobalina Ramírez, a librarian. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology, and his MS from the University of Bradford. In 2017, he founded a political party in the Dominican Republic named País Posible, which has over 128.000 active members as of 2019.[7]
Biography
editEarly life and education
editMilton Teófilo Morrison Ramirez was born on August 14, 1975. His father is Mateo Morrison, an award-winning poet, whose parents were English-Jamaican migrants. His mother is Cristobalina Ramírez, a Dominican-American librarian. Morrison grew up in an empoverished area of the Dominican Republic, Los Tres Brazos where[8] Milton then completed his secondary education at the Escuela Nueva y Mahatma Gandhi in the area. In 1992, at only 19 years old, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering,[9] where he graduated with cum laude honors. In 1999, he migrated to England to pursue his Master of Science degree in Development and Project Planning at the University of Bradford.[10] In 2002, he obtained a postbaccalaureate degree in International Business from the University of Florida.
Career
editMorrison started his professional career in 1998, that same year he founded with his brother Nelson Morrison the engineering company Morrison Ingenieros.[4] In 2000, Morrison joined the United Nations' program Millennium Development Goals. That same year, he is named the director of renewable energies at the Ministerio de Industria y Comercio in the Dominican Republic. In 2001, he started his career as a professor at his alma mater, Santo Domingo Institute of Technology teaching electrical engineering. In 2002, he joined the Fifth Episcopal Conference of Latin America representing the Dominican Republic in New Delhi, India. In 2006, he was named Executive VP at the Asociación Dominicana de la Industria Eléctrica (ADIE), where he served until 2017.
References
edit- ^ "Milton Morrison dejó ADIE para hacer política; crea iniciativa "País Posible"". diariolibre.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ "Milton Morrison pondrá en circulación libro sobre el sector eléctrico". Hoy.com.do (in European Spanish). March 15, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ "Milton Morrison da a conocer un nuevo libro del sector eléctrico dominicano". diariolibre.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ a b Los Morrinson
- ^ "Jóvenes se organizan en política y procuran producir cambios". 7dias.com.do. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ "Milton Morrison pondrá en circulación libro "Confusiones, intereses y debates; la realidad eléctrica dominicana" – Acento – El más ágil y moderno diario electrónico de la República Dominicana". Acento (in Spanish). March 16, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ "Los Morrison: una familia ejemplar". listindiario.com (in Spanish). July 24, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Conoce a Milton Morrison, retrieved August 28, 2019
- ^ "Dicen pacto eléctrico debe beneficiar al consumidor". listindiario.com (in Spanish). March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ "Milton Morrison está en campaña por Un País Posible... ¿Busca candidatura presidencial...?". cristalycolores.net (in Spanish). March 28, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2019.