| Variations of Name | Jeremy John Durham Ashdown |
| Biography | Paddy Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, CH, KBE, PC was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. He achieved international recognition for his role in BosniaHerzegovina as its High Representative from 2002 to 2006, following his vigorous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
After serving as a Royal Marine and Special Boat Service officer and as an intelligence officer in the UK security services, Ashdown was elected Member of Parliament for Yeovil in 1983 before retiring in 2001. |