Simon Crean

An haifi Crean a Melbourne, ɗan Frank Crean wanda ya kasance mataimakin Firayim Minista a ƙarƙashin Gough Whitlam . Ya yi karatun shari'a da tattalin arziki a Jami'ar Monash kuma ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar kwadago tun yana ƙarami, ya zama babban sakatare na Storemen da Packers' Union a shekarar 1979. An zabe shi mataimakin shugaban Majalisar Kwadago ta Australiya (ACTU) a 1981 kuma shugaban kasa a 1985. Crean ya sauka daga wannan rawar a lokacin da aka zabe shi zuwa majalisa a Zaben tarayya na 1990, kuma nan da nan aka nada shi Ministan Kimiyya da Fasaha a gwamnatin Hawke. Ya rike wasu mukamai da yawa har zuwa nasarar da aka samu a Zaben 1996.

Bayan da aka ci Labor a Zaben 1998, an zabi Crean a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ALP a karkashin Kim Beazley, ya maye gurbin Gareth Evans. An zabe shi ba tare da hamayya ba don ya gaji Beazley a matsayin shugaban jam'iyya bayan ci gaba da shan kashi a Zaben 2001, ya zama shugaban 'yan adawa. A shekara ta 2003, ya jagoranci adawar Labor ga mamayewar Iraki. Duk da sha'awar farko ga jagorancinsa, Crean ya yi gwagwarmaya a cikin binciken ra'ayi, kuma a watan Yunin 2003 Beazley ya kalubalanci shi don jagorancin. Kodayake Crean ya ci nasara sosai, hasashe game da jagorancinsa kawai ya kara tsanantawa, kuma a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2003 ya sanar da cewa zai yi murabus, kuma an maye gurbinsa da mai ba da kuɗi Mark Latham.

Duk da rasa shugabanci, Crean ya kasance babban mutum a cikin Jam'iyyar Labor, kuma ya koma majalisa a matsayin Ministan Ciniki lokacin da Labor ta lashe Zaben 2007. Crean ta goyi bayan Julia Gillard a kalubalen shugabancinta ga Kevin Rudd a watan Yunin 2010, kuma ta kasance a cikin majalisar ministoci bayan ta yi nasara. Kodayake ya ci gaba da tallafawa Gillard ta hanyar zubar da shugabanci a watan Fabrairun 2012, a watan Maris na shekara ta 2013 ya sanar da cewa yana sauya goyon baya ga Rudd, wanda ya haifar da wani zubar da jagorancin; Gillard ya kore shi daga majalisar ministoci a matsayin martani. Lokacin da Rudd ya dawo a matsayin Firayim Minista a lokacin da aka zubar da shugabanci a watan Yunin 2013, Crean ya gudu ba tare da nasara ba don komawa matsayin mataimakin shugaban; daga baya ya sanar da shawarar da ya yanke na yin ritaya daga siyasa a Zaben 2013. 

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Crean a Melbourne a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu 1949.  Yana ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya maza uku da Maryamu (née Findlay) da Frank Crean suka haifa. Mahaifinsa ya kasance dan majalisa na tarayya daga 1951 zuwa 1977, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Mai ba da kuɗi da Mataimakin Firayim Minista a Gwamnatin Whitlam. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwansa, David Crean, likita, memba ne na majalisar dokokin Tasmania. Wani ɗan'uwansa, Stephen Crean, ma'aikacin gwamnati, ya mutu yayin da yake tsere shi kaɗai a Charlotte Pass, New South Wales, a 1985, yana da shekaru 38; ba a sami jikinsa ba har tsawon shekaru biyu.

Crean ya girma ne a cikin unguwar Melbourne ta Middle Park .  Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Melbourne, kafin ya tafi Jami'ar Monash inda ya kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko na tattalin arziki da kuma digiri na farko.

## Mai ba da gudummawa
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Monash, Crean ya yi aiki a wurare da yawa tare da kungiyoyin kwadago daban-daban, kafin ya zama jami'i a cikin Storeman da Packers Union (SPU). A shekara ta 1977, yana da shekaru 28, ya tsaya takarar ALP don ya gaji mahaifinsa a kujerar Melbourne Ports, wanda aka fi la'akari da shi a matsayin wurin zama mai aminci. Tsohon shugaban jihar ALP Clyde Holding ne ya kayar da shi, tare da Holding ya lashe kuri'un da kuri'u 36 zuwa 34.

A shekara ta 1979, an zabi Crean a matsayin Babban Sakatare na SPU, wanda ya ba shi damar zama a kwamitin Majalisar Kwadago ta Australiya (ACTU). An zabe shi mataimakin shugaban ACTU a 1981, kafin a 1985 ya lashe zaben a matsayin shugaban ACTU.  A wannan matsayi, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tattauna yarjejeniyoyi da yawa kan albashi da sauran batutuwan masana'antu a matsayin wani ɓangare na Yarjejeniyar Farashi da Incomes tare da Gwamnati Firayim Minista Bob Hawke, shi kansa tsohon shugaban ACTU.

A matsayinsa na shugaban ACTU, Crean ya yi aiki a kwamitin Qantas daga 1987 zuwa 1990 kuma a kwamitin Kamfanin Ci gaban Masana'antu na Australia daga 1988 zuwa 1990.

## Ayyukan siyasa

### Gwamnatocin Hawke da Keating

Kafin Zaben 1990, an zabi Crean cikin sauƙi a matsayin dan takarar Labour don wurin zama mai aminci na Hotham; an zabe shi a majalisar a ranar 24 ga watan Maris, kuma nan da nan ya shiga majalisar a matsayin Ministan Kimiyya da Fasaha. [1] Ya zama Ministan Masana'antu da Makamashi a shekarar 1991, yana riƙe da wannan aikin lokacin da Paul Keating ya maye gurbin Bob Hawke a matsayin Firayim Minista a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1991. Bayan nasarar da Labor ta samu a Zaben 1993, Keating ya tura Crean ya zama Ministan Ayyuka, Ilimi da Horarwa, rawar da ya taka har zuwa 1996.[2]

### Hamayya
Bayan da aka ci jam'iyyar Labor Party a Zaben 1996, Crean ya zaɓi ya tsaya takarar mataimakin shugabanci, amma Gareth Evans ya ci shi da kuri'u 42 zuwa 37.[1][2] Ya shiga majalisar ministocin Shadow, kuma bayan Evans ya yi ritaya daga siyasa bayan da aka ci Labor a Zaben 1998, an zabi Crean cikin sauƙi don maye gurbinsa, ya zama Mataimakin Shugaban Jam'iyyar adawa da Shadow Treasurer. A watan Janairun shekara ta 2001, an ba Crean lambar yabo ta Centenary.[3]

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2001, bayan da aka ci Labour a zaben na uku a jere, an zabi Crean ba tare da hamayya ba don maye gurbin Kim Beazley a matsayin Shugaban Jam'iyyar Labor, ya zama shugaban 'yan adawa; An zabi Jenny Macklin a matsayin mataimakinsa, kuma ba tare da adawa ba. A ranar 4 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2003, Crean ya jagoranci Jam'iyyar Labor don yin Allah wadai da shawarar Firayim Minista John Howard na tura sojojin Australiya zuwa Yaƙin Iraki.