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Gerald Michael Butts (born July 8, 1971) is the senior political adviser to Justin Trudeau.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Justin and Gerald )〕 Previously, he was President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, a global conservation organization, between the years 2008 and 2012. ==Biography== Butts grew up in the Bridgeport neighbourhood of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, with three older brothers and one older sister.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Trudeau’s most trusted adviser? A Cape Bretoner named Gerry Butts - Ottawa Citizen )〕 He is the son of Charles William Butts, a coal miner, and Rita Monica (Yorke) Butts, a nurse and a first-generation Canadian daughter of a Ukrainian father and a Polish mother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles W. Butts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=J. David Butts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Glace Bay native key adviser in Trudeau's inner circle )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet the man who made his friend the next prime minister )〕 He received a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. It was at McGill that he was introduced to Justin Trudeau by a mutual friend.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cape Breton man key player in Trudeau victory )〕 There he also won the national debating championships two years in a row.〔 He briefly attended York University to pursue a Ph.D.〔 In 1999, Butts became a policy director within the Government of Ontario.〔 He was the Policy Secretary, and later Principal Secretary in the Office of the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, in Ontario, Canada.〔(The Liberal Team That Dethroned the Tories ) (Ottawa Citizen, 2003)〕 With Butts' influence,〔 the Ontario provincial Liberals won in 2003 and in 2007. He had previously worked with senator Allan MacEachen, and George Smitherman.〔 On June 25, 2008, he was announced as the President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund Canada. He officially took up the position on September 2, 2008,〔(WWF-Canada Appoints New CEO ) (WWF-Canada,2008) 〕 succeeding Mike Russill. On 16 October 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A message from Gerald Butts )〕 Butts left WWF-Canada to become the political advisor to Justin Trudeau.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Butts resigns from job to work full-time on Trudeau’s Liberal leadership bid, creates more speculation over McGuinty's federal intentions )〕 His position at WWF-Canada was succeeded by former Toronto mayor David Miller. On 13 December 2012, Butts was interviewed by Steve Paikin for The Agenda on the topic of 'The Best Way to Clean Up the Environment'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Agenda Plus: The Best Way to Clean Up the Environment )〕 Butts has published articles in the Boston Book Review, the Literary Review of Canada and Gravitas. He has also appeared on television on programs such as W5 and TSN's Off The Record. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerald Butts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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