Colin Eglin

**Colin Wells Eglin** (14 Afrilu 1925 - 29 Nuwamba 2013)  ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne wanda aka fi sani da kasancewarsa jagoran 'yan adawa na ƙasa daga 1977-79 da 1986-87. Ya wakilci Sea Point a Majalisar Afirka ta Kudu daga 1958-61 da kuma daga 1974-2004. Nelson Mandela wanda ya bayyana shi a matsayin "daya daga cikin masu tsara dimokuradiyyar [Afirka ta Kudu]", Eglin ya taka rawa wajen tsara kundin tsarin mulkin kasar bayan wariyar launin fata.

## Rayuwar farko, ilimi da aikin soja
An haifi Eglin a ranar 14 Afrilu 1925 a Sea Point, Cape Town,  ɗan Carl August Eglin da matarsa, Elsie May Wells.  Dukan iyayen Eglin 'yan Afirka ta Kudu ne 'yan asalin Burtaniya . Ya cika shekara tara sa’ad da mahaifinsa ya rasu a watan Yuli 1934. Daga baya ya rubuta cewa, "Ya dade yana rashin lafiya, amma bangaskiyar Kirista mai zurfi da dawwama - da kuma ƙauna da kulawa (da kuma bangaskiya mai zurfi) na matarsa ya ƙarfafa shi".  Mahaifiyarsa ta rasu a shekara ta 1958. 

Ya katse karatunsa a shekarar 1943 a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu don shiga sojojin Afirka ta Kudu . Ya zama malami na cikakken lokaci a sashin hana jiragen sama a Cape Town. Daga nan sai aka tura shi wani rukunin makamancin haka a cikin Masarautar Masar aka mayar da shi Italiya. Ya shiga cikin harin da Afirka ta Kudu ta kai a kan Monte Sole, bayan da Allies suka shiga cikin filayen Italiya. Bayan yakin ya zauna a Italiya na tsawon watanni tara, yana jiran rushewa. A wannan lokacin, ya gudanar da kwasa-kwasan ilimin kimiyyar kayan tarihi da tsarin gari.

Ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Cape Town tare da digiri na BSc a yawan binciken a 1946.

## Ayyukan siyasa na farko
Eglin ya kasance memba na Majalisar Municipal na Pinelands daga 1951 zuwa 1954. An zabe shi a matsayin Kansila na lardin Cape na United Party a cikin 1954 kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa 1958. An zabe shi ba tare da hamayya ba a matsayin dan majalisa na mazabar Peninsula a 1958. Ya bar United Party ya zama memba na Progressive Party a 1959,  ya rasa kujerarsa a babban zaben 1961 .

Eglin ya zama shugaban jam'iyyar Progressive Party a cikin Fabrairu 1971.  Eglin ya kasance da farko a wajen majalisa, amma an zabe shi a kujerar Cape Town na Sea Point a babban zaben Afrilu na 1974, lokacin da wasu 'yan takara biyar na PP suka shiga Helen Suzman a majalisar.

## Haɓaka 'yan majalisa na adawa da wariyar launin fata
A cikin Fabrairun 1975, an kori shugaban masu sassaucin ra'ayi na UP Harry Schwarz daga jam'iyyar tare da wasu da yawa, waɗanda suka kafa jam'iyyar Reform Party . Bangarorin biyu, wadanda suke da akidar kyamar wariyar launin fata, sun shiga tattaunawa domin hadewa, wanda ya haifar da kafa jam’iyyar Progressive Reform Party a watan Yulin 1975. An zabi Eglin a matsayin shugaba bayan Schwarz ya amince da kada ya tsaya takarar shugabancin kasar kuma aka nada shi Shugaban Hukumar Zartaswa ta kasa. Ya zama shugaban jam'iyyar Progressive Federal Party a shekarar 1977, bayan hadewa da kwamitin hadaka da suka balle daga jam'iyyar United Party. Eglin shi ne shugaban 'yan adawa na hukuma 1977-79. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin shugaba a 1979, lokacin da Eglin ya zama Ministan Harkokin Wajen Shadow, mukamin da zai rike har zuwa 1986.

Daga 1986-88 Eglin ya sake zama shugaban jam'iyyar, bayan murabus din Slabbert. Ya kasance shugaban 'yan adawa a hukumance har zuwa 1987, lokacin da jam'iyyar Conservative Party ta dama ta zama jam'iyyar adawa ta hukuma. Zach de Beer ya zama shugaban jam'iyyar Progressive Federal Party a 1988. Jam'iyyar ta hade da wasu kungiyoyi inda ta zama jam'iyyar Democrat a 1989 sannan ta zama Democratic Alliance a 2000.

Eglin ya ci gaba da aiki a Majalisar Dokoki ta kebbi har zuwa lokacin da aka soke ta a shekarar 1994 sannan kuma a Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa mai bambancin launin fata a Majalisar Afirka ta Kudu har sai da ya yi ritaya a 2004.  

## Girmamawa
Colin Eglin an nada shi jami'in Order of Disa a cikin 2005. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Baobab, Category II (Silver), a cikin Afrilu 2013. 

## Mutuwa
Eglin ya mutu a kan 29 Nuwamba 2013 saboda ciwon zuciya yana da shekaru 88. 

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Ya rubuta tarihin rayuwa mai suna *Ketare Iyakoki na Ƙarfi* .

## Magana