What is John William Ashe?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = John William Ashe |honorific-suffix = |image = John William Ashe.jpg |office = [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] |predecessor= [[Vuk Jeremić]] |successor= [[Sam Kutesa]] |term_start = 17 September 2013 |term_end = 16 September 2014 |birth_date = {{birth date|1954|8|20|df=y}} |birth_place = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|22|1954|8|20|df=y}} |death_place = [[Dobbs Ferry, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |nationality = Antiguan |spouse = |party = |relations = |children = |residence = Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S. |alma_mater = [[University of Pennsylvania]] (PhD)<br>[[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]]<br>[[Technical University of Nova Scotia]] |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = |website = }} '''John William Ashe''' (20 August 1954 – 22 June 2016) was an [[Antigua]]n politician. He was the [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] at its [[Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly|68th session]], which ran September 2013 to September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45868&Cr=General+Assembly&Cr1= |title=General Assembly opens its 68th session with long-term development a prime goal |publisher=United Nations News Centre (17 September)|date=2013|access-date=2015-10-06}}</ref> He was also the [[ambassador]] to the [[United Nations]] for [[Antigua and Barbuda]] between 1995 and 2004. Ashe died from a [[heart attack]] at his home in [[Dobbs Ferry, New York]] on 22 June 2016 while awaiting trial by the [[United States Federal Court]].<ref>Steven Visser & Rob Frehse, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/us/united-nations-john-ashe-dies-while-awaiting-bribery-trial/ John Ashe, ex-U.N. leader indicted last year, dies], CNN (June 23, 2016).</ref> He was 61. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashe, John William}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Antigua and Barbuda polit