My second job has been to try to use my power to create ins… - Paddy Ashdown

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My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.

Paddy Ashdown

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Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, CH, KBE, PC (born 27 February 1941 –22 December 2018), commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and former Royal Marine. He is a former Leader of the UK Liberal Democrat party and former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006.

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Alternative Names: Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon • Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon • Jeremy John Durham Ashdown

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