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Ashdown served as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from which years?

  • 1988 to 1999

  • 1990 to 2000

  • 1989 to 1998

  • 1987 to 1996

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Paddy Ashdown served as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. During his tenure, he oversaw the party's merger with the Social Democratic Party and led it to its best election results in decades. He also served as the United Kingdom's High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006.
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