High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John "Jackie" McDonald (born 2 August 1947) is a senior Northern Irish loyalist and the incumbent Ulster Defence Association (UDA) brigadier for South Belfast, having been promoted to the rank by former UDA commander Andy Tyrie in 1988, following John McMichael`s killing by the Provisional IRA in December 1987. He is also a member of the organisation`s Inner Council and the spokesman for the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG), the UDA`s political advisory body.