Difference between revisions of "Information Department"

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The successor to the Overseas Information Department (which was in turn the successor to the Information Research Department) of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, created in 1980 and dissolved in 1999/2000 with the creation of the Public Diplomacy Department.

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-The successor to the [[Overseas Information Department]] (which was in turn the successor to the [[Information Research Department]]) of the [[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]], created in the early 1980s and dissolved in 1999/2000 with the creation of the [[Public Diplomacy Department]].
+The successor to the [[Overseas Information Department]] (which was in turn the successor to the [[Information Research Department]]) of the [[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]], created in 1980 and dissolved in 1999/2000 with the creation of the [[Public Diplomacy Department]].
 ==People==
+===Head===
+*[[James N. Allan]], C.M.G., C.B.E.: 1978-80
+*[[Keith G. MacInnes]], C.M.G.: 1980-3
+*Sir [[Terence J. Clark]], K.B.E., C.M.G., C.V.O.: 1983-5
+*[[Peter R.M. Hinchcliffe]], C.M.G., C.V.O.: 1985-7
+*[[Richard J.S. Muir]], C.M.G.: 1987-90
+*[[Anthony D. Harris]], C.M.G., L.V.O.: 1990-93
+*Sir [[John C.J. Ramsden]], Bt.: 1993-6
+*[[Peter J. Dun]]:1996-2000
+===Others===
 *[[Nicholas Paul Astbury]]
 *[[Iain Kelly]]