Thomas J. Donohue

**Thomas Joseph Donohue Sr.** (12 ga Agusta, 1938 - 14 ga Oktoba, 2024) babban jami'in kasuwanci ne na Amurka. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaba kuma Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Amurka da ke Washington, DC daga 1997 zuwa 2021.   A lokacin da yake jagorantar Ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Amurka, Donohue ya kafa Cibiyar Gyaran Shari'a ta Amurka kuma ya kasance shugaban Gidauniyar Ƙungiyar Ƙasa.   Kafin ya jagoranci Ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Amurka, Donohue shi ne Shugaba kuma Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Motocin Sufuri ta Amurka . 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Thomas Joseph Donohue a Brooklyn, New York a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 1938 ga wani manajan shirye-shirye a American Can Company, kuma asalinsa ɗan asalin Ireland ne .   Ya girma a Rockville Centre da ke Long Island .   Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar St. John's, kafin ya nemi digiri na biyu a fannin Kasuwanci a Jami'ar Adelphi (1965).  Ya yi aiki har zuwa kwaleji a matsayin direban babbar mota kafin ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tara kuɗi ga Boy Scouts of America da kuma Cibiyar Kula da Nakasa ta Ƙasa.   

## Sana'a

Donohue ya yi aiki a matsayin manaja a Jami'ar Fairfield da kuma a matsayin amintacce a Jami'ar Marymount .  Daga 1969 zuwa 1976, shi ne Mataimakin Babban Jami'in Wasiƙa na Amurka, inda ya taimaka wajen "sanya" Ofishin Wasiƙa daga ma'aikatar gwamnati zuwa Sabis ɗin Wasiƙa na Amurka mai zaman kansa. 

A shekarar 1976, ya shiga sashen ci gaban Majalisar Kasuwanci ta Amurka a ƙarƙashin shugabanta, Richard Lesher. [1] A shekarar 1978, aikinsa ya haɗa da gudanar da "kayan siyasa na jama'a" da "dangantaka da Fadar White House da Majalisa".

A shekarar 1984, ya tafi ya zama Shugaba kuma Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Masu Motoci ta Amurka, "wanda ya mayar da abin da ya ɓace cikin sauri ya zama babban birnin Washington" a cewar jaridar *Washington Monthly* .  A shekarar 1997 ya koma Majalisar a matsayin Shugabanta. 

Donohue ya kasance Amintaccen Cibiyar Emeritus Hudson kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na Qwest, Sunrise Assisted Living Corporation, Union Pacific, da XM .  

A watan Yulin 2022, Donohue ya taimaka wajen kafa wata ƙungiyar shugabannin kasuwanci da manufofi na Amurka waɗanda ke da burin yin mu'amala mai kyau da China domin inganta dangantakar Amurka da China. 

### Ɗakin Kasuwanci

A shekarar 1997, Donohue ya karɓi muƙamin Shugaba kuma Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Amurka, inda ya maye gurbin Richard Lesher.  A ƙarƙashin Lesher, Majalisar ta amince da shirin kula da lafiya na Clinton na 1993, wanda ya fusata masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da yawa.   Ɗan Majalisa John Boehner ya jagoranci wani kamfen na tura kamfanoni su bar Majalisar saboda goyon bayan kudirin. Lokacin da Donohue ya karɓi mulki, an yi la'akari da ikon Majalisar a matsayin ƙasa.  *Jaridar Washington Post* ta rubuta, "Babu wanda ya ƙware wannan sabon wasan Washington fiye da Thomas J. Donohue."  A cewar *Jaridar Wall Street Journal*, "[Donohue] sabuwar ƙirƙira mai ban sha'awa ita ce ta bai wa kamfanoni da masana'antu damar amfani da majalisar a matsayin hanyar bin manufofinsu na siyasa ba tare da ɓoye ba." 

Donohue ya kafa Cibiyar Gyaran Shari'a ta Amurka, wadda ta lashe manyan shari'o'i a kotuna, a matakin jiha da tarayya, da kuma a zaɓen manyan lauyoyi na jiha da kuma alkalan Kotun Ƙoli.  Donohue ya kasance shugaban Gidauniyar Ƙasa ta Ƙasa da kuma Cibiyar Kasuwanci Masu Zaman Kansu ta Ƙasa da Ƙasa, wata babbar cibiya ta Ƙasa ta Ba da Lamuni ga Dimokuraɗiyya .