Ian Craig Leslie OAM was born on 6 July 1942 and is an Indonesian-born Australian television journalist and corporate communicator.
14 Facts About Ian Leslie
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Ian Craig Leslie was born in Java, Dutch East Indies.
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Ian Leslie had an elder brother, sister and two aunts.
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Ian Leslie's father was from Aberdeen, Scotland, and his mother was born in Gnadenfeld, Ukraine.
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In 1947, William Ian Leslie took his family back to Indonesia to resume life and career.
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Ian Leslie is a member of the Australian branch of Clan Leslie.
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Ian Leslie was educated at Church of England Boys Prep and Toowoomba State High.
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Ian Leslie moved to Sydney in 1972 as a senior reporter with the Ten Network.
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Ian Leslie remained in that role for the next 11 years, until 1989.
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Ian Leslie covered conflicts in most of the world's major trouble spots: Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lebanon, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Burma, Korea, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland.
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Ian Leslie is the only Australian journalist to have interviewed the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
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Ian Leslie interviewed many other world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Moraji Desai, Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Presidents Ferdinand Marcos, Godfrey Beniza, Milton Obote and Yoweri Muzeweri.
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In 1990, Ian Leslie formed a production company specialising in corporate communications.
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Ian Leslie has a degree in Music, A Mus A and ATCL, having topped the State's music exams.