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Catherine Ashton

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Also known as Catherine Margaret Ashton, Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

British politician (born 1956)

OverviewAI-generated

Catherine Ashton is a British person who has served as an author and holds an affiliation with the European Commission. Born on March 20, 1956, she is the parent of two children. Her published works include the title *And Then What?*.

As an author, she has five works listed in Crossref records, while Open Library lists one work under her name. In music databases, she is identified as a person from GB, with a total of nine plays and six listeners recorded on Last.fm.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • And Then What?

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1956-03-20

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
9

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Catherine
Family name
Ashton
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Up Holland
Occupation
diplomat
Political party
Labour Party
Languages spoken
English language
Noble title
baron
Image
Official portrait of Baroness Ashton of Upholland crop 2, 2024.jpg
Number of children
2
Work location
London
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hashtag
catherine-ashton
Commons category
Catherine Ashton
date of birth
1956-03-20
name in native language
Catherine Ashton
time period
21st century
affiliation string
European Commission
title
Baroness Ashton of Upholland
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Encyclopedic overview

Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014.

Her political career began in 1999 when she was created a life peer as Baroness Ashton of Upholland, of St Albans in the County of Hertfordshire, by Tony Blair's Labour government. She became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education and Skills in 2001 and subsequently in the Ministry of Justice in 2004. She was appointed a Privy Counsellor in May 2006 and Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in April 2023.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catherine Ashton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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