Edward B. McClain Jr. (18 November 1944, Liberia - 23 July 2016, Pretoria was a Liberian politician.
He was the minister of state for presidential affairs and chief of staff to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
[1] His father's family was from Mhanwruune Quarter of Picnicess, in Grand Kru County.
[1] He was a nephew on his mother's side of President William Richard Tolbert Jr. McClain graduated from the College of West Africa and Cuttington College and Divinity School with a BSc degree in chemistry and biology.
[1] McClain died on 23 July 2016 while undergoing medical treatment in Pretoria, South Africa.