Alan Clark

Alan Clark
Alan Clark ; (politician);
Born	Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark; 13 April 1928; London
Died	1999-09-05 (Age 71); Saltwood Castle, Kent
Religion	Anglican
Member of	Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle
Party	Conservative
	Minister for Defence Procurement
In office
	25 July 1989 - 14 April 1992
Preceded by	David Trefgarne
Succeeded by	Jonathan Aitken
	Minister of State for Trade
In office
	24 January 1986 - 24 July 1989
	Member of Parliament for Kensington and Chelsea
In office
	1 May 1997 - 5 September 1999
Preceded by	Michael Bates, Alexander Carlile, Lord Carlile, Paul Channon, Winston Churchill II, Tristan Garel-Jones, Charles Hendry, Alan Howarth, David Howell, Douglas Hurd, Greville Janner, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Liz Lynne, Michael Portillo, Nicholas Soames, David Steel
	Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton
In office
	28 February 1974 - 9 April 1992
Preceded by	Robert Carr, David Clark, Ian Gilmour, Michael Heseltine, Greville Janner, Fitzroy MacLean, Reginald Maudling, David Owen, Enoch Powell, John Stonehouse, John Wilkinson
Succeeded by	Michael Ancram, John Horam, John Hutton, Ken PurchaseBob Ainsworth, Michael Bates, Hugh Bayley, Ann Coffey, Jim Cunningham, Angela Eagle, Nigel Evans, Mike Gapes, Cheryl Gillan, Nick Harvey, Charles Hendry, David Lidington, Peter Luff, Liz Lynne, Stephen Milligan, Nick Raynsford

Connections

He attended Le Cercle.

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.

Full article: Arms-to-Iraq

Clark has been implicated in the Arms-to-Iraq weapons deal, together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Paul Channon‎.^[1]^[2]

Alan Clark died of a brain tumor^[3], which Peter Eyre compares to the assassinations of Gerald Bull and David Kelly.^[4]

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

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