Flora MacDonald and Iranian Hostage Crisis

Iranian hostage crisis: MacDonald long-time executive assistant Margit Herrman says MacDonald died in Ottawa the cause of death was not immediately available, according to Metro News. She headed the department during the Iranian hostage crisis when Canadian diplomats gave shelter to six Americans who escaped capture when their embassy was overrun by student demonstrators and Flora MacDonald, who served as a senior cabinet member in two Conservative federal governments and made a run for the party leadership in 1976, died Sunday. She was 89. MacDonald was the first woman to hold the foreign affairs portfolio, handling the job in Joe Clark short-lived government in 1979 and early 1980. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.