Michael Benjamin (mai saka hannun jari)

**Michael Benjamin Bonheur** (an haife shi a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1969) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma ɗan siyasa ɗan Amurka, wanda ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Republican ne da bai yi nasara ba a Majalisar Dattawan Amurka a 2004. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Bonheur a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1969, a birnin New York, ga wani uba Bayahude ɗan ƙasar Iran wanda ya yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka daga Tehran a shekarar 1950 da kuma uwa 'yar Katolika wadda ta yi ƙaura daga Honduras . 

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haihuwar Bonheur, iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa San Pedro Sula, Honduras, inda aka mayar da mahaifinsa wurin aiki tare da aikinsa a Bank of America . Bayan kimanin shekara ɗaya a San Pedro Sula, sun ƙaura zuwa babban birnin Tegucigalpa, na tsawon shekara ɗaya. A shekarar 1971, iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Lima, Peru kuma a shekarar 1973, sun ƙaura zuwa Quito . Bonheur ya halarci makaranta a American Cotopaxi Academy . 

Shekaru da dama bayan haka, a shekarar 1976, iyalin suka koma Amurka. Sun zauna a unguwar Greenwich da ke birnin New York, Connecticut, inda suka zauna tsawon shekaru huɗu. Bonheur ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta North Street. A shekarar 1980, iyalin suka ƙaura zuwa Bogotá, Colombia . Ya halarci makarantar Amurka ta Colegio Nueva Granada . Ba da daɗewa ba, a shekarar 1982, suka ƙaura zuwa Mexico City, inda ya halarci Gidauniyar Makarantun Amurka . Sun bar Mexico a shekarar 1987, kuma bayan ɗan lokaci a San Francisco, suka koma Greenwich. Bonheur ya halarci shekararsa ta ƙarshe a Makarantar Sakandare ta Greenwich .  Yayin da yake can, NAACP ta ba shi lambar yabo mai girma saboda rubuce-rubucensa na karrama Watan Tarihin Baƙar fata. 

Bonheur ya halarci Jami'ar New York, inda ya karanci tattalin arziki da adabin Yamma kuma aka zabe shi shugaban gwamnatin ɗalibai a shekarunsa na ƙarami da na sakandare. Ya sami digirinsa na farko a fannin fasaha a shekarar 1992 kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya fara aiki a matsayin mataimaki ga shugaban Richter & Co., Inc., wani bankin saka hannun jari a tsakiyar garin Manhattan wanda aka fi sani da ƙaddamar da Cerberus Partners, LP, wani babban asusun ajiyar kuɗi na Amurka. Daga baya ya yi aiki a masana'antar inshora tare da American Corporate Benefits, Inc. da Guardian Life Insurance Company, kafin ya fara kasuwancinsa na kasuwanci da saka hannun jari a shekarar 1997. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

## Majalisar Agaji ta New York, Inc.
Tare da wani wanda ya kammala karatunsa a NYU, Bonheur ya kafa New York Benevolence Council, Inc. a shekarar 1993, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta wacce ke ba da jagoranci da koyarwa a makarantun gwamnati na birnin New York, da kuma daidaita hanyoyin samar da abinci da tufafi, da kuma shirya masu tara kuɗi don tallafawa ayyukan jin kai daban-daban. A lokacin da take kan gaba a ƙarshen shekarun 1990 da farkon shekarun 2000, NYBC tana da ƙwararrun matasa sama da 1,000 waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin masu koyarwa da masu ba da shawara ga ɗaliban makarantun gwamnati, da kuma shirya fa'idodin tara kuɗi musamman ga mata da yara waɗanda aka ci zarafinsu a gidajen aure. A shekarar 2002, Magajin Garin New York Michael Bloomberg ya ba NYBC kyautar hidimar al'umma saboda aikinta a madadin waɗanda aka ci zarafinsu a gidajen aure. A shekarar 2003, bayan shekaru 10, NYBC ta ba da kadarorinta ga ƙungiyoyin agaji daban-daban kuma ta daina aiki. 

## Aikin siyasa

### Takarar 'Yan Majalisa ta 1996
A shekarar 1996, Bonheur ya zama ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Republican a Majalisar Dokokin Amurka daga gundumar 8 ta New York, inda ya mamaye sassan Manhattan da Brooklyn.  Duk da cewa ya sha kaye a zaɓen, ya sami goyon baya daga Magajin Gari Rudolph Giuliani da kuma Jaridar *New York Post* . Shugaban kamfen ɗinsa shi ne mai kula da harkokin jama'a John C. Whitehead . Whitehead ya ci gaba da jagorantar Kamfanin Raya Ƙasa na Lower Manhattan, ƙungiyar da ke kula da sake gina Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya bayan hare-haren 11 ga Satumba . 

### Takarar Sanata ta 2004
A watan Janairun 2003, Bonheur ya sanar da niyyarsa ta tsayawa takarar Majalisar Dattawan Amurka a kan Chuck Schumer, ɗan Democrat mai ci.  Da farko an ɗauke shi a matsayin dogon lokaci, ya tara sama da dala 820,000 don kamfen ɗin daga mutane sama da 20,000 daban-daban. 

Bonheur mai ra'ayin mazan jiya ya fafata da jam'iyyar Republican ta jihar, wadda ta yanke shawarar a watan Agusta na 2004 cewa ba za a gudanar da zaɓen fidda gwani ba. Duk da tara kuɗi da ya yi, Kwamitin Jiha na Jam'iyyar Republican ya zaɓi ɗan Majalisa Howard Mills na III mai matsakaicin ra'ayi don ya fafata da Schumer. Mills ya sha kaye a zaɓen a matsayin mafi girman rinjaye na kujerun Majalisar Dattawa a tarihin New York.

Bonheur ya zargi Shugaban Jam'iyyar Republican ta New York Sandy Treadwell da Gwamna George Pataki a bainar jama'a da ƙoƙarin fitar da shi daga takarar Sanata da kuma kawo cikas ga tsarin dimokuradiyya.  Masu jefa ƙuri'a da yawa na jam'iyyar Republican sun fusata lokacin da aka hana Bonheur damar shiga zaɓen fidda gwani.  Ya yi kamfen a duk faɗin New York, yana ziyartar dukkan gundumomi 62 a lokuta da dama, kuma ya gina goyon baya mai ƙarfi tsakanin shugabannin siyasa da ƙungiyoyin al'umma.  Ya sami mafi yawan tallafin kuɗinsa a ƙananan gudummawa, tare da dala 2,500 kacal daga Kwamitin Ayyukan Siyasa (PACs).  Mills ya tara dala 200,000 ƙasa da shi, kuma babban ɓangare na gudummawar kamfen ɗinsa ya fito ne daga PACs.

Tsarinsa ya haɗa da sauƙaƙe dokar haraji, rage haraji, rage kashe kuɗi na gwamnati, asusun sirri na Tsaron Jama'a, ƙarfin tsaron ƙasa, da kuma hanyar da ba ta da ma'ana ga Iran, Siriya da Koriya ta Arewa.  Tsarinsa ya yi kira ga zaɓin makaranta ga "duk iyaye, ba masu kuɗi kawai ba".  Benjamin ya goyi bayan hana zubar da ciki na ɗan lokaci bayan haihuwa, sai dai idan rayuwar uwa tana cikin haɗari, da kuma soke umarnin Medicaid da ba a ba da kuɗi ba ga ƙananan hukumomi.  Ya kuma bayyana cewa yana son dawo da ayyukan yi zuwa New York da kuma iyakance tsoma bakin gwamnati a cikin tattalin arziki.  Ya goyi bayan ra'ayoyi da yawa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, ciki har da goyon bayan yaƙin Iraki  kuma ya goyi bayan Dokar Patriot da kuma haɗa Iran a matsayin wani ɓangare na " Axis of Mugunta " na George W. Bush . 

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