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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Ed Picco
| caption =
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1961|9|21}}
| birth_place = [[Portugal Cove]], [[Newfoundland]], Canada
| residence =
| office1 = [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|MLA]] for [[Iqaluit (electoral district)|Iqaluit]], [[Northwest Territories|NT]]
| term_start1 = 1995
| term_end1 = 1999
| predecessor1 = [[Dennis Patterson]]
| successor1 = riding dissolved
| office2 = [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|MLA]] for [[Iqaluit East]], [[Nunavut|NU]]
| term_start2 = 1999
| term_end2 = 2008
| predecessor2 = first member
| successor2 = [[Eva Aariak]]
| party = non-partisan<br />[[consensus government]]
| occupation =
}}
'''Edward "Ed" Walter Picco''' (born September 21, 1961) is a Canadian politician first elected in the [[1995 Northwest Territories general election|1995 Northwest Territories election]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOSIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Picco,+edward+walter%22 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=1997 |publisher=P. G. Normandin |isbn=978-1-896413-43-3 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name='pr'>{{cite web
|title      = Iqaluit East MLA Ed Picco announces decision Not to seek re-election to the Legislative Assembly
|url        = http://www.assembly.nu.ca/english/news/2008/080922_eng.pdf
|accessdate = 2010-04-22
|date       = September 22, 2008
|publisher  = Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was re-elected in the [[1999 Nunavut general election|1999 Nunavut election]] and in the [[2004 Nunavut general election|2004 Nunavut election]]. Picco is one of the few Canadian politicians elected to two different [[Legislative assembly|legislative assemblies]], having been elected in 1995 to the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories]] and in 1999 to the [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut]].
Picco  held several cabinet posts in the Government of Nunavut including Minister of Health and Social Services, Minister of Education, Immigration, Homelessness, Energy and [[Nunavut Arctic College]]. Picco had represented [[Iqaluit East]] since 1999 and was the longest serving MLA in Nunavut prior to the general election in 2008. He chose not to run in the 2008 general election<ref name='pr'/> and re-entered the private sector. From 2009 to 2014 he was the Director of Marketing and Sales for [[First Air]].
In 2014, he was appointed principal secretary to Premier [[Peter Taptuna]], serving until December 2017 when the Premier's term ended.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former MLA Ed Picco takes top job in Nunavut government |date=2014-06-20 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830133621/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/former-mla-ed-picco-takes-top-job-in-nunavut-government-1.2681974 |archive-date=2019-08-30 |url-status=live |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/former-mla-ed-picco-takes-top-job-in-nunavut-government-1.2681974}}</ref> In January 2018, he was Principal and co-founder of the Niksiit Group, a multi-faceted company specializing in mediation, conflict resolution and human resource training.
Prior to entering politics, Picco was the Business Development Manager of the Baffin Business Development Corporation (BBDC). He holds a diploma in Adult Education from [[St. Francis Xavier University]] and is a graduate of the College of Trades and Technology, [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], Newfoundland and Labrador. He was awarded the [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] that was presented by His Royal Highness [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] in recognition of his on-going support to the [[Terry Fox]] program.  He is also the recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]], for community service. He is a recipient of [[Iqaluit]]'s Volunteer of the Year award and was the local fundraising chair for the re-building of Iqaluit's [[St. Jude's Cathedral (Iqaluit)|St. Jude's Cathedral]] from 2004 to 2017.
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