Paddy Ashdown

Paddy Ashdown is the kind of politician I instinctively respect: not a chamber careerist but someone who got his boots dirty. Born in New Delhi, he led Britain's Liberal Democrats for over a decade, then took on the brutal role of High Representative in post-war Bosnia. The honors stacked up, KBE, the Order of St Michael and St George, Companion of Honour, but what moves me is that he chose the hard, thankless field of conflict reconstruction. He died in 2018, and I think history will remember him as a man who spent his credibility on places that needed it.

Name (English)

Paddy Ashdown

Name (Japanese)

パディ・アッシュダウン

Reading

ぱでぃ・あっしゅだうん

Born

February 27, 1941 – December 22, 2018

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Origin

New Delhi, India

Occupation

politician / diplomat

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2005 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
• 2014 Companion of Honour

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Ashdown
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333066

Tags

• politician
• diplomat

Last updated

2026-06-21

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