Ian Adamson

Ian Adamson
Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1996–1997
DeputyMargaret Crooks
Preceded byEric Smyth
Succeeded byAlban Maginness
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1994–1995
Preceded byHugh Smyth
Succeeded byAlasdair McDonnell
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
17 May 1989 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byWilliam Corry
Succeeded byAndrew Webb
ConstituencyVictoria
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast East
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byMichael Copeland
Personal details
Born(1944-06-28)28 June 1944
Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Died9 January 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 74)
Conlig, County Down, Northern Ireland
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
ProfessionPaediatrician

Ian Adamson OBE (28 June 1944 – 9 January 2019)[1] was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and paediatrician, who was the Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1996 to 1997, having been Deputy Lord Mayor from 1994 to 1995.

He additionally served as a Belfast City Councillor for the Victoria DEA from 1989 to 2011

Adamson was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Belfast from 1998 to 2003.

  1. ^ "Former Lord Mayor of Belfast Ian Adamson dies aged 74". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.