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Paddy Ashdown

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Also known as Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon

British politician and diplomat (1941–2018)

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Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018) was a British politician and diplomat. Born in New Delhi, he served as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union Special Representative. A member of the Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party, and Labour Party, he held the honorific prefix The Right Honourable. Ashdown was a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

His career included service in the Royal Marines and participation in the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. He worked for the Secret Intelligence Service, the European Union, and the United Nations, with London as a work location. He spoke English, Bosnian, Mandarin, and French.

Ashdown was an author with works including *Swords and Ploughshares* and the *Ashdown Diaries*. He died in Bristol from bladder cancer.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
19

Top works

  • Beyond Westminster Header
  • L'operazione militare segreta che ha cambiato la storia
  • L'operazione militare segreta che ha cambiato la storia. L'incredibile storia vera dell'operazione che colpì il punto nevralgico della Germania nazista
  • Swords and Ploughshares
  • Ashdown Diaries Vol 1 1988-1997 Lrg Post

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
182
Total plays
212

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Paddy+Ashdown">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. <i>Planck</i> 2018 results

    · 2020 · cited 13,378x

  2. <i>Planck</i>2015 results

    · 2016 · cited 9,874x

  3. World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

    · 2020 · cited 9,622x

  4. <i>Planck</i>2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters

    · 2014 · cited 5,036x

  5. Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

    · 2016 · cited 2,406x

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Quotes

  • “There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.”
  • “History teaches us these lessons for the interveners: leave your prejudices at home, keep your ambitions low, have enough resources to do the job, do not lose the golden hour, make security your first priority, involve the neighbours.”

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Key facts

President
Ian Wrigglesworth Charles Kennedy Robert Maclennan The Baroness Maddock
Deputy
Russell Johnston Alan Beith
Preceded by
David Steel ( Liberal ) Robert Maclennan ( SDP )
Succeeded by
Charles Kennedy

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Encyclopedic overview

Personal details BornJeremy John Durham Ashdown (1941-02-27)27 February 1941 New Delhi, British India

Died22 December 2018(2018-12-22) (aged 77) Bristol, England

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

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