Paddy Ashdown Biography

Paddy Ashdown is a former British diplomat and politician who led the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to August 1999. Following his vigorous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Ashdown became a Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 1983 to 2001; later, he served as International High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 May 2002 to 30 May 2006, following his service as a Royal Marine and as an intelligence officer in the UK security services. He led the Liberal Democrats' general election campaign in 2015. Ashdown is a polyglot with a Mandarin interpretation certificate and fluency in numerous additional languages. In the 2006 New Year Honours, Ashdown was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG), and in the 2015 New Year Honours, he was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH).

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