Gus Macdonald

**Angus John** **Macdonald, Baron Macdonald na Tradeston**, CBE, PC (an haife shi a ranar 20 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1940)  shi ne shugaban gidan talabijin na Scotland, abokin Rayuwa kuma tsohon dan siyasa na Labour.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Macdonald a Larkhall, Scotland. Mahaifinsa, ɗan Highlander, yana da rashin lafiya kuma yana yin caca. Mahaifiyarsa, wacce ta fito daga dangin ma'adinai na gida, tana aiki a wurare da yawa don tallafawa da kuma renon iyalin. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>

Ya sami tallafin karatu a Makarantar Allan Glen, Glasgow, amma ya bar yana da shekaru 14 don ya zama ɗan injiniyan ruwa a Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyard a Linthouse a kan Kogin Clyde  kuma inda ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin yajin aikin ɗalibai a 1959  tare da 'yan uwansa, [[Billy Connolly]] da [[Alex Ferguson]].  Macdonald ya kasance shugaban reshen Govan da Gorbals na Jam'iyyar Labour ta Young Socialists . 

Ya koma London a 1962 inda ya takaitaccen shiga cikin siyasar juyin juya halin gurguzu a matsayin memba na International Socialists, yana zaune a gidan London na babban mamba, Tony Cliff .  Ya ce ya koma asalinsa na siyasa yana aiki a jaridar Labour Tribune a kusa da shekara ta 1964,  inda Michael Foot ya nada shi a matsayin manajan yaduwa.

== Talabijin ==
Ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida a kan The Scotsman kuma a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar Insight a kan The Sunday Times . Da farko an dauke shi a matsayin mai bincike,  ya kasance tare da Granada Television daga 1967 zuwa 1986  inda aka nada shi a matsayin babban editan World in Action tare da John Birt;  Macdonald yana da alaƙa da shirin na shekaru da yawa. Ya kuma gabatar da Granada's What the Papers Say da kuma Right to Reply da "Union World" a Channel 4.

Macdonald ya koma Scotland a 1986 a matsayin Darakta na Shirye-shiryen Talabijin na Scotland . Bayan shekaru hudu ya zama manajan darektan, ya maye gurbin William Brown a shekarar 1990. Yayinda yake a STV ya sake fasalin tashar na yanzu kuma ya yanke ma'aikata daga 800 zuwa 330  kuma darajar kasuwar kamfanin ta karu daga £ 50m zuwa kusan £ 500m. Kamfanin ya karɓi jaridu biyu, The Herald da Evening Times, tare da ɗayan ɗan kwangila na ITV a Scotland, Grampian Television .  Ya zama shugaban da ba shugaban zartarwa na Scottish Media Group plc a ƙarshen 1997,  kuma Shugaban Taylor da Francis plc a shekarar 1998. An nada shi [[Order of the British Empire|Kwamandan Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) don hidimomi ga watsa shirye-shirye a cikin girmamawar ranar haihuwar 1997 . 

== Gidan Ubangiji ==
A year after the Labour won the United Kingdom general election Macdonald was made life peer on 2 October 1998 as **Baron Macdonald of Tradeston*', *of Tradeston in the City of Glasgow''. As a member of the House of Lords he was then appointed to be Minister for Business and Industry in the Scottish Office (1998–99), followed by Minister for Transport in the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, in attendance at cabinet (1999–2001) and Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2001–03)

memba na Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Ofishin Ma'aikatar kan Nomin Kasuwanci. Har ila yau memba na Kwamitin Zaɓuɓɓuka na House of Lords kan Harkokin Tattalin Arziki (2004-2008), da Sadarwa (2009-2012). Shugaban kungiyar 'yan Adam ta Majalisar Dattijai.

Ya yi ritaya daga House of Lords a ranar 27 ga Afrilu 2017. 

## Sauran abubuwan da suke so
A shekara ta 2004, an nada shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga manajojin Macquarie Infrastructure da Real Assets (Yuropa) Limited dangane da sabon asusun Infrastructures na Turai wanda ke da niyyar saka hannun jari a cikin ayyukan hanya da dogo. Yana cikin Kungiyar Gudanarwa ta Shirin Makomar OECD kan Infrastructure da kwamitin ba da shawara na OECD International Transport Forum. A shekara ta 2011, an gayyace shi don gabatar da Labarin Tunawa da MacMillan ga Cibiyar Injiniyoyi da Masu Gina Jiragen Ruwa a Scotland kuma ya zaɓi batun "Bridging the Infrastructure Gap".

An sanya Macdonald a matsayin Shugaban Jami'ar Glasgow Caledonian a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2007, wanda ya gaji Magnus Magnusson . Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Gwamna na Cibiyar Fim ta Burtaniya, memba na majalisa (2006-2008) da na Kotun (2009-) a Jami'ar Sussex kuma shi ne Patron na Dystonia Society . 

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