James Mountain Inhofe (Nuwamba 17, 1934 - Yuli 9, 2024) ɗan siyasan Amurka ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan majalisar dattawan Amurka daga Oklahoma daga 1994 zuwa 2023. Memba na Jam'iyyar Republican, shi ne dan majalisar dattawan Amurka mafi dadewa daga Oklahoma.Ya yi aiki a ofisoshi daban-daban da aka zaba a jihar Oklahoma kusan shekaru 60, tsakanin 1966 zuwa 2023.
An haife shi a Des Moines, Iowa, a cikin 1934, Inhofe ya ƙaura tare da iyayensa zuwa Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 1942.Mahaifinsa, Perry Inhofe, ya kasance mai kamfanonin inshora kuma mahaifiyarsa, Blanche Inhofe (née Mountain), ta kasance mai zamantakewar Tulsa.Jim ya kasance tauraro mai waƙa a makarantar sakandare kuma ya kammala karatun sakandare a Central High School.Ya ci gaba da zuwa Jami'ar Colorado a takaice kafin ya kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Tulsa.An tura shi zuwa Sojan Amurka a 1956 kuma ya yi aiki tsakanin 1957 zuwa 1958.Ya zama mataimakin shugaban kamfanin inshora na mahaifinsa a 1961 kuma shugaban kasa bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa a 1970.
Inhofe ya kasance zababben jami'in da ke wakiltar yankin Tulsa kusan shekaru talatin.Ya wakilci sassan Tulsa a Majalisar Wakilai ta Oklahoma daga 1966 zuwa 1969 da Majalisar Dattawan Oklahoma daga 1969 zuwa 1977.
A lokacin da yake majalisar dokokin jihar ya shahara da rigima da shugabannin jam’iyyar Democrat a jihar, musamman gwamna David Hall da ma’ajin jihar Leo Winters, da kuma jagorantar yunkurin kawo jirgin USS Batfish zuwa Oklahoma.Yayin da yake dan majalisar dattijai na jihar, bai yi nasara ba ya tsaya takarar gwamnan Oklahoma a zaben 1974 da kuma majalisar dokokin Amurka a 1976. An zabe shi zuwa wa'adi uku a matsayin magajin garin Tulsa, yana aiki tsakanin 1978 zuwa 1984.Ya yi aiki a Majalisar Wakilai ta Amurka mai wakiltar gundumar majalisa ta farko ta Oklahoma daga 1987 zuwa 1994; ya yi murabus ne bayan zabensa a majalisar dattawan Amurka.
Inhofe ya jagoranci kwamitin Majalisar Dattawan Amurka kan Muhalli da Ayyukan Jama'a (EPW) daga 2003 zuwa 2007 da kuma daga 2015 zuwa 2017.Inhofe ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban riko na kwamitin kula da ayyukan soji tsakanin Disamba 2017 da Satumba 6, 2018, yayin da John McCain ya yaki cutar kansa. Bayan mutuwar McCain, ya zama shugaba kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa 3 ga Fabrairu, 2021.Daga 3 ga Fabrairu, 2021, zuwa 3 ga Janairu, 2023, ya yi aiki a matsayin Memba na Kwamitin Sabis na Majalisar Dattawa.
A lokacin aikinsa na Majalisar Dattijai an san shi da kin amincewa da kimiyyar yanayi, da goyon bayan gyaran tsarin mulki na hana auren jinsi, da kuma gyaran Inhofe don mayar da Ingilishi ya zama harshen kasa na Amurka.
