Ian McDonald (civil servant)

Ian McDonald
Chief Public Relations Officer (MoD)
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byNeville Taylor[1]
Personal details
Born(1936-03-29)29 March 1936
Langside, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died28 March 2019(2019-03-28) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
OccupationCivil servant

Ian McDonald (29 March 1936 – 28 March 2019) was a civil servant in the UK's Ministry of Defence and was the Ministry's spokesman during the Falklands War.[2][3]

  1. ^ Philo, Greg (2014), "The Falklands War", The Glasgow Media Group Reader, vol. II: Industry, Economy, War and Politics, Routledge, p. 83, ISBN 978-1-136-16700-3
  2. ^ "Ian McDonald obituary". The Times. 9 April 2019. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Ian McDonald, lugubrious MoD press spokesman during the Falklands war who became an unlikely television star and pin-up – obituary". The Telegraph. 9 April 2019. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 April 2019.