Pete Johnson (ɗan siyasa)

**Patrick Hayes** " **Pete** " **Johnson Jr.** (12 ga Mayu, 1948 - 20 ga Janairu, 2025) ɗan siyasa ne kuma lauya ɗan Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Mai Binciken Kuɗi na Jihar Mississippi daga 1988 zuwa 1992. Asalinsa ɗan Democrat ne, ya shiga Jam'iyyar Republican a 1989, don haka ya zama ɗan Republican na farko da ya riƙe muƙamin jihar Mississippi tun zamanin Sake Ginawa . Ya yi kamfen na gwamna ba tare da nasara ba a 1991. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Tarayya na Hukumar Yankin Delta daga 2002 zuwa 2011.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Patrick Hayes "Pete" Johnson Jr.  a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1948, a Alexandria, Louisiana .  Kakansa, Paul B. Johnson Sr., da kawunsa, Paul B. Johnson Jr., sun yi aiki a matsayin Gwamnan Mississippi .  Ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Murrah da ke Jackson, Mississippi, a shekarar 1966. Ya sami digiri na farko a fannin gudanar da kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Mississippi a shekarar 1971 da kuma digirin digirgir na Juris daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jackson a shekarar 1974. Daga baya Johnson ya shiga Bankin Clarksdale a matsayin babban mataimakin shugaban kasa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Sashen Matasan Bankers na Ƙungiyar Masu Banki ta Mississippi. Daga nan ya kafa kamfanin tsara harkokin kuɗi. Ya auri Margaret Birdsong kuma ya haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu tare da ita.  Yayin da yake aiki a matsayin direban motar asibiti a shekarun 1960, ya kamu da cutar hepatitis C, wanda aka gano shi a hukumance a shekarar 1987.  

## Aikin siyasa

### Ayyukan farko da kuma lokacin mai binciken kuɗi na jiha
Da farko Johnson memba ne na Jam'iyyar Democrat . Sau biyu yana tsayawa takarar wakiltar gundumar majalisar dokoki ta biyu ta Mississippi a Majalisar Wakilai ta Amurka, a 1982 da 1986, a dukkan lokutan biyu ya sha kaye a zaben fidda gwani na Democrat ga Robert G. Clark Jr. da Mike Espy, bi da bi. A 1984, Gwamna William Allain ya nada shi Shugaban Majalisar Talla ta Mississippi. A ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1987, ya ayyana takararsa ta neman mukamin Babban Jami'in Kudi na Jiha . Ya sami takarar Democrat bayan ya kayar da Al Gary a zaben fidda gwani a karshen watan Agusta kuma ya kayar da kansilan birnin Republican Danny Ware a zaben watan Nuwamba.

An zaɓi mai binciken kuɗi na yanzu Ray Mabus a matsayin Gwamna a wannan zaɓen.  A lokacin mulkinsa, Mabus ya yi aiki tare da Ofishin Bincike na Tarayya kan binciken cin hanci da rashawa a kan gwamnatocin gundumar Mississippi - wanda aka fi sani da Operation Pretense - kuma ya yi kira da a yi gyare-gyare daban-daban don rage ɓarnar hukuma.  Kafin ya hau mulki, Johnson ya naɗa Kwamitin Gyaran Gwamnatin Gundumar.  Ya hau kujerar mai binciken kuɗi a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1988. A farkon mulkinsa, ya ci gaba da ƙoƙarin yaƙi da cin hanci da rashawa na wanda ya gada, yana gargaɗin hukumomin gundumar game da masu kula da harkokin kuɗi game da amfani da albarkatu ba bisa ƙa'ida ba da kuma barazanar kwace kuɗaɗen da aka kashe ba bisa ƙa'ida ba, kodayake a farkon watan Mayu ya sanar da cewa zai jira a warware matsalolin shari'a da suka shafi ƙa'idodin siye kafin ya nemi ƙarin goyon baya. 

Kwamitin gyaran Johnson ya tattara wani rahoto da ke nuna matsalolin tsarin gwamnati da tsarin gwamnatin gunduma da kuma ba da shawara ga gundumomi da su koma tsarin gwamnati na raka'a.   Yayin da Mabus ya yi kira ga dokokin sassan jiha wanda zai ba da umarnin a yi la'akari da gina hanyoyin gundumar cikin tsari mai inganci, na ƙwararru, Johnson ya yi kira ga masu kula da gunduma da su sadaukar da kansu ga gudanar da ayyukan gina hanyoyi. Mutanen biyu sun shiga cikin takaddama lokacin da Johnson ya fitar da wani rahoto da ke hasashen cewa sauya sheka zuwa tsarin gwamnati na raka'a zai yi tsada ga gundumomi; Mabus ya zarge shi da kara girman hasashen.  An gudanar da kuri'ar raba gardama a watan Nuwamba na 1988 wanda ya sa gundumomi da dama suka kaɗa ƙuri'a don komawa tsarin sassan. Ofishin mai binciken kuɗi an ɗora masa alhakin kula da sauyin kuma Johnson ya yi barazanar yanke kuɗaɗen da ke hannun Gundumar Tallahatchie don tabbatar da bin ƙa'idodin masu kula da ita. 

### Sauya jam'iyya da yakin neman zaben gwamna
A farkon shekarar 1989, Johnson ya sanar da cewa zai shiga Jam'iyyar Republican,  wanda hakan ya sanya shi zama ɗan Republican na farko da ya riƙe muƙamin jihar Mississippi tun zamanin Sake Ginawa .  Daga baya ya danganta shawararsa ta sauya sheka zuwa zaɓen ɗan Republican mai matsakaicin ra'ayi George HW Bush ga shugabancin ƙasa, da kuma ƙarfafa gwiwa daga Sanata Thad Cochran na Amurka. An gayyace shi tare da sauran masu sauya sheka na jam'iyyar don su ziyarci Bush a Fadar White House a watan Mayu.  A shekarar 1991, ya ayyana takararsa ta gwamna kuma ya yi takarar neman takarar Republican.  Ganin cewa Jam'iyyar Republican ba ta da 'yan takara da ake da su, babu wani ɗan Republican da aka zaɓa don tsayawa takarar ofishin mai binciken kuɗi a babban zaɓe.  An ɗauki Johnson a matsayin wanda aka fi so ya lashe zaɓen gwamna, don haka yawancin tallace-tallacen talabijin da ya watsa a farkon kamfen sun mayar da hankali kan Mabus maimakon babban ɗan adawarsa.  A zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Republican, ya fuskanci Kirk Fordice, wani ɗan kwangila mai ra'ayin mazan jiya wanda ya kasance mai himma a harkokin siyasar Republican tun shekarun 1960, da kuma Bobby Clanton, wani mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a.   Fordice ya bayyana Johnson a matsayin "ɗan siyasa mai ƙwarewa".  Johnson ya yi fama da rashin lafiya a duk lokacin kamfen yayin da alamun cutar hepatitis C da ya kamu da ita suka ƙaru.  An yi zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Republican a ranar 8 ga Oktoba. Fordice ta yi nasara da kashi 60.6 cikin ɗari na ƙuri'un, yayin da Johnson ya sami kashi 39.4 cikin ɗari kawai. Fordice ta ci gaba da kayar da Mabus a babban zaɓe.  Daga baya Johnson ya yi tunani, "Ba a yi niyya in zama gwamna ba". 

## Daga baya rayuwa da mutuwa
Bayan Johnson ya bar ofis, ya fara aiki a ofishin Mississippi na Hukumar Kula da Gidaje ta Manoma  kuma ya buɗe wani ofishin shari'a a Clarksdale.  Shugaba George HW Bush ya naɗa shi darektan jiha na Hukumar Kula da Gidaje ta Manoma a watan Yulin 1992.   Ya riƙe ofishin har sai da Bill Clinton ya zama shugaban ƙasa a watan Janairun 1993.  Ya sayi wani tsohon otel a Flowood kuma ya fara hayar shi ga Ma'aikatar Gyaran Gidaje ta jihar a matsayin gidan yarin mata mafi ƙarancin tsaro a watan Mayun 1994.   An yi masa dashen hanta a shekarar 1996 don rage masa ciwon hanta na hepatitis C.  A watan Maris na 2001, Shugaba George W. Bush ya naɗa shi ya zama Shugaban Tarayya na farko na Hukumar Yankin Delta . Majalisar Dattawan Amurka ta tabbatar da shi a watan Satumba,  ya yi aiki daga 2002 zuwa 2011. 

Johnson ya mutu a Asibitin Baptist Memorial da ke Memphis, Tennessee, a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2025, yana da shekaru 76. 

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