- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJeremy John Durham Ashdown
- Nicknames
- Action Man
- Paddy Pantsdown
- Paddy Backdown
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Paddy Ashdown was born on February 27, 1941 in New Delhi, British India. He was married to Jane Courtenay. He died on December 22, 2018 in the UK.
- SpouseJane Courtenay(1962 - December 22, 2018) (his death, 2 children)
- [1988-1999] Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party. He was made a life peer on his retirement from the House of Commons in 2001.
- He was awarded Knighthood of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to politics.
- He was was awarded the GCMG (Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George) before being awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire and awarded the Member of the Companion of Honour in the 2015 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to public and political service. He lives in Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England.
- European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the 27th May 2002 until the 31st January 2006.
- I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
- The major burden of guilt is on the Serbs, and they have to acknowledge it, just as the Germans acknowledged it.
- [Brexit] God help this Country.
- The Guardian feels like a jilted lover. It hates the Liberal Democrats. The Guardian feels personally betrayed because for the very first time it gave the Liberal Democrats its support and what did we do? We went off with the Tories. But what else would you have done in the circumstances?
- It spoils my whole afternoon that I haven't been prime minister. Hahahahahaha!
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