Paddy Ashdown
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British politician and diplomat
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, , better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internationally, he is recognised for his role as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006, following his vigorous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s.