Michael Cook (mai ba da shawara)

Michael John Cook AO (28 Oktoba 1931 - 18 Yuni 2017) jami'in diflomasiyyar Australiya ne. 

Ya kasance darakta-janar na Ofishin Kididdiga na Ƙasa daga 1981 zuwa 1989 kafin ya zama Jakadan Ostiraliya a Amurka daga 1989 zuwa 1993. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Cook a Namtu, Burma a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1931, inda mahaifinsa HJM Cook, tsohon soja a Gallipoli, ya yi aiki a masana'antar mai. 

Iyalan sun zauna a Melbourne a shekarar 1937. Ya halarci Makarantar Grammar Geelong kuma aka ba shi tallafin karatu don halartar Kwalejin Trinity a Jami'ar Melbourne inda ya karanci shari'a.  

 Sana'a 
Aikin gwamnati na Cook ya fara ne a shekarar 1954 da digirin kadet a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje. Aikinsa ya kai shi ƙasashe kamar Masar, Thailand, Indonesia da Amurka.

A shekarar 1973, an naɗa Cook a matsayin Jakadan Australiya a Vietnam kafin a naɗa shi mataimakin babban kwamishina na Australiya a Burtaniya a shekarar 1975. 

A lokacin da yake aiki a Landan, Firayim Ministan Australiya Malcolm Fraser ya shawo kan Cook ya koma Australia a shekarar 1979 don ya zama babban jami'in gudanarwa a ofishinsa na sirri.  

Bayan ya yi aiki a Fraser daga 1979 zuwa 1981, Cook ya zama Darakta Janar na Ofishin Kimanta Ƙasa.[1] [2] Ya yi wannan muƙamin daga 1981 zuwa 1989, Cook ya zama darakta janar na ONA mafi daɗewa.[3]

A shekarar 1989, an naɗa Cook a matsayin jakada na 14 na Australiya zuwa Amurka. 

Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan Cook na ƙarshe a wannan matsayin shine buɗe bincike kan ko KGB ta kutsa kai cikin Ƙungiyar Leken Asiri ta Tsaro ta Ostiraliya. Ba a taɓa fitar da sakamakon wannan binciken ba.  

Bayan kammala aikinsa na jakadan Ostiraliya a Amurka a shekarar 1993, Cook ya koma Landan inda ya kasance shugaban Cibiyar Nazarin Ostiraliya ta Menzies a Kwalejin King's London daga 1997 zuwa 2011. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2017
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1931
Rukuni:Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba