Alan Clark

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Person.png Alan Clark  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
BornAlan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark
13 April 1928
London
Died1999-09-05 (Age 71)
Saltwood Castle, Kent
ReligionAnglican
Member ofBullingdon Club, Le Cercle
PartyConservative

Connections

He attended Le Cercle.

Career

Alan Clark was Minister for Defence Procurement from 25 July 1989 to 14 April 1992, succeeded in that position by fellow Cercle Member (and later chairman), Jonathan Aitken.

Arms-to-Iraq

Full article: Arms-to-Iraq

Clark was implicated in the Arms-to-Iraq weapons deal, together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Paul Channon‎.[1][2] During the 1992 Matrix Churchill Clark stated that "the interests of the West were best served by Iran and Iraq fighting each other, and the longer the better."[3]

Death

Alan Clark died of a brain tumor[4], which Peter Eyre compares to the assassinations of Gerald Bull and David Kelly.[5]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Le Cercle/1990 (Oman)30 November 199030 November 1990Oman
Al Bustan Hotel & Al-Baraka Palace
Muscat
Start/End dates uncertain
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