Richard Riordan

**Richard Joseph Riordan** (1 ga Mayu, 1930 - 19 ga Afrilu, 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne na Amurka, mai saka hannun jari, kwamandan soja, mai ba da agaji, kuma ɗan siyasa. Tsohon sojan Koriya da aka yi wa ado kuma memba na Jam'iyyar Republican, Riordan ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin gari na 39 na Los Angeles daga 1993 zuwa 2001; ya kasance dan jam'iyyar Republicano na baya-bayan nan da ya rike wannan mukamin. Ya tsaya takarar gwamna a Zaben gwamna na California na 2002, inda ya rasa zaben fidda gwani na Jamhuriyar Republican. Bayan siyasa, ya ci gaba da aikinsa na kasuwanci, ya kware a cikin masu zaman kansu.

## Rayuwa ta farko, ilimi, da aiki
An haifi Riordan ne a Flushing, Queens, ga dangin Irish-Amurka, ɗan Geraldine (Doyle) da William O. Riordan .  Shi ne ƙarami a cikin 'ya'yansu tara. Bayan ya girma a New Rochelle, New York,  ya fara shiga Jami'ar Santa Clara a kan tallafin kwallon kafa, amma ya koma Jami'ar Princeton, inda ya kammala a 1952 tare da A.B. a falsafar.  Babban jarabawarsa mai taken "A Study of the Thomistic Faculty Psychology. "  Daga nan sai ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Amurka a matsayin mataimakin farko a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya.  Bayan ya bar soja, ya sami J.D. daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Michigan a shekarar 1956. 

A wannan shekarar, ya koma Los Angeles, ya shiga Kamfanin lauya na O'Melveny &amp;amp; Myers. A shekara ta 1959, ya bar ya zama abokin tarayya na Nossaman LLP . A shekara ta 1975, ya kasance abokin kafa kamfanin lauya na Riordan & McKinzie, wanda ya haɗu da Bingham McCutchen a shekara ta 2003. 

Riordan ya fara saka hannun jari a cikin shekarun 1950 tare da gado na $ 80,000 daga mahaifinsa, wanda daga ƙarshe ya girma zuwa dukiyar miliyoyin daloli.[1] A shekara ta 1982, ya kasance wanda ya kafa kamfanin Riordan, Lewis & Haden mai zaman kansa.[2] A matsayinsa na mai ba da agaji, ya kafa Gidauniyar Riordan, ƙungiyar sadaka don fadada ilimin yara.

## Magajin garin Los Angeles

Lokacin da Tom Bradley ya sanar da cewa yana ritaya a matsayin magajin gari na Los Angeles, Riordan ya sa ido kan Zaben 1993.  Riordan ya ci nasara da kashi 54% na kuri'un,  ya zama magajin gari na farko na Jamhuriyar Republican a cikin shekaru 36. A matsayinsa na magajin gari, Majalisar Birnin Los Angeles mai tsananin Democrat ta toshe yawancin shawararsa, ko kuma sun tabbatar da cewa ba za a iya aiwatar da su ba a zahiri. Misali, makarantar 'yan sanda ba ta da isasshen ɗakin aji ko malamai don horar da sabbin jami'an' yan sanda kamar yadda Riordan ya yi alkawari da farko. Ya daidaita wasu ka'idojin kasuwanci kuma ya kafa cibiyoyin "dakatar da ɗaya" a kusa da birni don ayyuka, kamar aikace-aikacen izini.

Riordan ya yi jayayya da magajin shugaban 'yan sanda Daryl Gates, tsohon kwamishinan' yan sanda na Philadelphia Willie Williams, amma ya lura da raguwar aikata laifuka a cikin birni. Daga ƙarshe, Riordan ya maye gurbin Williams da tsohon dan wasan LAPD Bernard Parks a shekarar 1997, shekarar da aka sake zabarsa a matsayin magajin gari a kan Sanata na Jihar California Tom Hayden . 

Kafin ya zama magajin gari, Riordan ya jagoranci nasarar da aka samu a zaben iyakance wa'adin zabe kuma saboda haka an iyakance shi daga ofis a shekara ta 2001. Riordan ya amince da mai ba shi shawara da abokinsa, Steve Soboroff, don ya gaji shi. Soboroff, duk da haka, ya zo na uku a zaben fidda gwani na magajin gari wanda ba na jam'iyya ba. Tsohon Kakakin Majalisar Dokokin Jihar California Antonio Villaraigosa ya ci gaba zuwa karo na biyu da James Hahn . Riordan ya goyi bayan Villaraigosa a zagaye na biyu, amma Hahn ya ci nasara kuma ya gaji shi a matsayin magajin gari. Shekaru hudu bayan haka, Villaraigosa ya ci Hahn a wasan 2005 kuma ya zama Magajin gari.

## 2002 California Gwamna tseren
A shekara ta 2002, Riordan ya yanke shawarar neman Gwamna. A Zaben fidda gwani na Jamhuriyar Republican, ya fuskanci dan kasuwa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya Bill Simon da tsohon Sakataren Gwamnatin California Bill Jones. Kodayake Riordan yana da maki 30 a farkon tseren, Simon ya doke shi da maki 18. Rashin Riordan galibi ana iya danganta shi da tushen jam'iyyar Republican mai ra'ayin mazan jiya wanda ya ki amincewa da Jamhuriyar Republicanism da ƙoƙarin motsa jam'iyyar zuwa cibiyar siyasa. Gwamnan Democrat mai ci Gray Davis ya ji yana da damar da ta fi dacewa don doke Simon, don haka ya kashe miliyoyin daloli yana gudanar da tallace-tallace na kai hari a kan Riordan a zaben fidda gwani na Jamhuriyar Republican. Shirye-shiryen jam'iyya na Davis ya yi nasara. Riordan ya rasa zaben fidda gwani, kuma Davis ya ci Simon 47%-42% a babban zaben.