{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Mickey Amery | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=100%|ECA|KC|MLAAB}} | image = Mickey Amery.jpg | caption = Mickey Amery | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|26}} | birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | office = Alberta Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta | term_start = June 9, 2023 | premier = Danielle Smith | predecessor = Tyler Shandro | successor = | office1 = Alberta Minister of Children Services | term_start1 = October 21, 2022 | term_end1 = June 9, 2023 | premier1 = Danielle Smith | predecessor1 = Matt Jones | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Cross | predecessor2 = Ricardo Miranda | term_start2 = April 16, 2019 | party = United Conservative Party | spouse = {{marriage|Heather Amery|2009}} | children = 3 | relations = Moe Amery (father) | occupation = lawyer | alma_mater = }}

'''Mickey Amery (legal name Qassim Mohammed Makki Amery'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister Qassim Amery to Sada al-Mashrek: “I Didn't Get Here Because of Some Special Arrangement But Because of hard Work a Huge Community's Support” |url=https://www.sadaalmashrek.ca/ar/English/content/8b839b2a-495d-4bb2-81c2-54086189c6b6 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.sadaalmashrek.ca |language=en}}</ref>''')''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|ECA|KC|MLAAB}} (born April 26, 1982) is a Canadian politician and former lawyer who has been the Alberta Minister of Justice since June 9, 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Black |first=Matthew |date=2023-06-12 |title=Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveils cabinet full of familiar faces |work=Edmonton Journal |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-unveils-cabinet |accessdate=2023-06-13}}</ref> Amery was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Cross in the 30th Alberta Legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4848765/alberta-election-calgary-cross-results/ |title=Alberta election: Calgary-Cross results - Calgary |publisher=Global News |date=March 17, 2019 |accessdate=2019-04-17}}</ref>

== Biography == He is on the Social Services Cabinet Policy Committee and the Legislative Review Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government committees and members |url=https://www.alberta.ca/government-committees.aspx |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.alberta.ca |language=en-CA}}</ref> On October 21, 2022, Amery was appointed Alberta Minister of Children Services.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Dean |title=Alberta premier's new cabinet includes familiar faces in prominent roles |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9217285/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-cabinet/ |website=Global News |publisher=Global News |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

Amery was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Cross {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9625339/alberta-election-2023-results-calgary-cross/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> and was appointed justice minister on June 9, 2023.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-01 |title=Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-justice-minister-has-personal-relationship-with-man-whose/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref>

Prior to his engagement in the Alberta Legislature, Amery was a practising lawyer and business owner in Calgary, Alberta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amery Law |url=https://amerylaw.ca/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=amerylaw.ca}}</ref> He has practised in the areas of family, criminal, civil and administrative law. He has worked on a number of cases of national significance in the areas of aboriginal law and consumer protection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister of Children's Services |url=https://www.alberta.ca/minister-of-childrens-services.aspx |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.alberta.ca |language=en-CA}}</ref> Amery also was a director for the Learning Disability Association of Alberta and a member of various local community boards and organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=05&leg=30|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.assembly.ab.ca}}</ref> A University of Calgary alumnus, Amery holds a bachelor's degree in political science, a bachelor's degree in economics, and a Juris Doctor degree in law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ucpcaucus_mla |date=2019-10-02 |title=Mickey Amery |url=https://unitedconservativecaucus.ca/mickey-amery/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=United Conservative Caucus |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2026, The Globe and Mail published an investigation which implicated Amery in changing electoral investigation laws while Sam Mraiche (to whom Amery is "loosely related") was under scrutiny for irregular electoral contributions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alberta Justice Minister Curtailed Election regulator when Sam Mraiche was under investigation|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-justice-minister-sam-mraiche-investigation/|access-date=2026-04-08|website=www.theglobeandmail.com}}</ref>

Amery is the son of longtime Calgary-East MLA Moe Amery.<ref>[https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/son-of-longtime-mla-moe-amery-ready-to-take-over-calgary-cross "Son of longtime MLA Moe Amery ready to take over Calgary-Cross"]. ''Calgary Herald'', April 18, 2019.</ref>

==Electoral history== ===2023 general election=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2023/Calgary-Cross}}

===2019 general election=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2019/Calgary-Cross}}

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{{Alberta MLAs}} {{Smith Ministry}}

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