Milton Morrison

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]

Milton Morrison
Personal details
Born
Milton Teófilo Morrison Ramírez

(1975-08-14) August 14, 1975
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Political partyPaís Posible (2017–present)
Spouse(s)
    Davidia Jimenez
    ​
    (m. 2003)​
    Children
    • Charlize Morrison
    • Denzel Morrison
    Parents
    EducationSanto Domingo Institute of Technology
    Occupation
    • electrical engineer
    • writer
    • businesspersonel
    • politician
    Website

    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

    Early life and education

    Milton 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, with 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

    Morrison 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
    1. "Milton Morrison dejó ADIE para hacer política; crea iniciativa "País Posible"". diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
    2. "Milton Morrison pondrá en circulación libro sobre el sector eléctrico". Hoy.com.do (in Spanish). March 15, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
    3. "Milton Morrison da a conocer un nuevo libro del sector eléctrico dominicano". diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
    4. Los Morrinson
    5. A, Periódico Digital Dominicano-7días com doPedro Henríquez Ureña No 131; Esperilla, La; Domingo, Santo; 809 472 1333809 547 1310. "Jóvenes se organizan en política y procuran producir cambios". 7dias.com.do. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    6. "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.
    7. Diario, Listin (July 24, 2010). "Los Morrison: una familia ejemplar". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
    8. Conoce a Milton Morrison, retrieved August 28, 2019
    9. Diario, Listin (March 20, 2015). "Dicen pacto eléctrico debe beneficiar al consumidor". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
    10. "Milton Morrison está en campaña por Un País Posible... ¿Busca candidatura presidencial...?". cristalycolores.net (in Spanish). March 28, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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