Alan Clark

Alan Clark     (politician, deep state functionary?)
Born	Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark 13 April 1928 London
Died	1999-09-05 (Age 71) Saltwood Castle, Kent
Cause of death	brain tumour
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Christ Church (Oxford)
Religion	Anglican
Children	2
Spouse	Jane
Member of	Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle
Party	Conservative
Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle, Minister for Defence Procurement...  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, Cheryl Gillan, Nick Harvey, Charles Hendry, David Lidington, Peter Luff, Liz Lynne, Stephen Milligan, Nick Raynsford

Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark was a UK politician who was a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and Defence, and became a privy counsellor in 1991. His successor as Minister for Defence Procurement also attended Le Cercle.

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. 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."

Death

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

 

Event Participated in

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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