What is Paddy Ashdown?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = The Lord Ashdown of {{no wrap|Norton-sub-Hamdon}} | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG|CH|KBE|PC}} | image = Paddy Ashdown (2005).jpg | alt = portrait photograph of Ashdown | caption = Paddy Ashdown (2005) | office = [[Leader of the Liberal Democrats]] | deputy = {{unbulleted list |[[Russell Johnston]] |[[Alan Beith]] }} | 1blankname = [[President of the Liberal Democrats|President]] | 1namedata = {{unbulleted list |[[Ian Wrigglesworth]] |[[Charles Kennedy]] |[[Bob Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart|Bob Maclennan]] |[[Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock|The Baroness Maddock]] }} | term_start = 16 July 1988 | term_end = 11 August 1999 | predecessor = {{unbulleted list |[[David Steel]] ({{abbrlink|Lib.|Liberal Party (UK)}}) |[[Bob Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart|Bob Maclennan]] ({{abbrlink|SDP|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}) }} | successor = [[Charles Kennedy]] | order2 = 4th | office2 = High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina{{!}}High Representative<br />for Bosnia and Herzegovina | term_start2 = 27 May 2002 | term_end2 = 31 January 2006 | predecessor2 = [[Wolfgang Petritsch]] | successor2 = [[Christian Schwarz-Schilling]] | office3 = 1st [[European Union Special Representative]] for [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] | term_start3 = 3 June 2002 | term_end3 = 31 January 2006 | predecessor3 = ''Office established'' | successor3 = [[Christian Schwarz-Schilling]] | office4 = Chair of the [[Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg#2015 General Election Cabinet|Liberal Democrat General Election Committee]] | term_start4 = 26 September 2012 | term_end4 = 7 May 2015 | leader4 = [[Nick Clegg]] | predecessor4 = [[Willie Rennie]]{{ref label|Chair|nb}} (2010) | successor4 = [[Greg Mulholland]]{{ref label|Chair|nb}} | office6 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]] | term_start6 = 9 June 1983 | term_end6 = 14 May 2001 | predecessor6 = [[Joh