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Ashdown, Paddy
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Ashdown, Paddy
(b. 24 Feb. 1941) British; leader of the Liberal Democrats 1988–99 (knighted in 2000 and made a peer in 2001). Paddy Ashdown has been called the ‘action man’ in British politics, a tribute not only to his striking physique and love of exercise, but also to his early experience as a commando in the Marines. He is also a qualified Chinese (mandarin) interpreter. After work in the United Nations, industry, and local government he gained Yeovil for the Liberals in 1983.
Ashdown was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1988 with over 70 per cent of ...
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Sweden's Social Dems: back at the helm. (Social Democrats)
Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections
; ...resurrection this Fall of Sweden's Social Democrats -- a watershed political battle that...only here but beyond our shores. The Social Democrats, the largest party in Sweden, started...Moderates (read conservatives). The Social Democrats had rarely lost an election since...
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The Danish party system and the rise of the right in the 2001 parliamentary election.
Magazine article from: International Social Science Review
; ...election from 1924 through 1998, the Social Democrats emerged as the strongest party in...representation. (2) From 1924 to 2001, Social Democrats held the prime ministerial office...4) Then, as now, the fall of the Social Democrats' vote was associated with the rise...
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New Party time. (new progressive political party) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Progressive
; ...you're wrong. America doesn't need a new party. What they have usually said is, You...Black Tuesday, the phones at various New Party offices have rung more frequently, and...there's nothing new about the idea of a new party. The question to ask is not whether it...
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Germany's indecisive election.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...Schroder's red-green coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens without allowing...coalition) as well as Schroder's own Social Democrats dismissed the option of forming a...politicians, mainly from western Germany. Social Democrats and Greens had dismissed this option...
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EGYPT: NEW PARTY APPROVED IN EGYPT.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...Shura Council's Parties Affairs Committee approved the establishment of a new party under the name of the Conservative party . The committee, in a statement...a request presented by Mostafa Abdel Aziz for the establishment of the new party.
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RUSSIA: GORBACHEV, TITOV LAUNCH NEW SOCIALIST PARTY.(Social Democratic Party (Russia))(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...attended, according to ITAR-TASS. The new party represents a merger of Gorbachev's ROSD...Gorbachev was elected leader of the new party, while Titov was selected as chairman...Both ran for those seats unopposed. The new party may have 30,000 members once it is finally...
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CZECH REPUBLIC: FIRST CSSD LEADER DIES OF BRAIN CANCER.(Jiri Horak, first leader of the Social Democrats)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; According to oPrague Posto, Jiri Horak, first leader of the Social Democrats (CSSD) after the overthrow of the communist regime in 1989, died at the age of 79 in Florida July 25. Horak, who led the CSSD from 1990 to 1992, was diagnosed with brain cancer last year.
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CROATIA: CROATIAN GOVERNING PARTY BLASTS FASCIST COMMEMORATION.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; Prime Minister Ivica Racan's Social Democrats said in a statement on 9 June that a recent commemorative...activists is in clear contrast to the policies of the Social Democrats. The Zagreb-based Civic Committee for Human Rights called...
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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: FINAL RESULTS IN BOSNIAN VOTE CONFIRMS NATIONALIST STRENGTH.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...apparently sought to draw attention to the fact that the multiethnic Social Democrats won in 15 municipalities, up from only one in the previous vote. The Social Democrats did particularly well in Sarajevo, Tuzla, and Gorazde. But elsewhere...
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MACEDONIA: MACEDONIAN COALITION GOVERNMENT TO SPLIT UP.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; In a widely expected move, the Social Democrats (SDSM) have decided to leave the government, Reuters...Minister Ljubco Georgievski, of whom it disapproves. The Social Democrats are anxious to establish a clear profile in the run-up...
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