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Catherine Ashton

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Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014. Her political career began in 1999 when she was created a life peer as Baroness Ashton of Upholland, of St Albans in the County of Hertfordshire, by Tony Blair's Labour government. She became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education and Skills in 2001 and subsequently in the Ministry of Justice in 2004. She was appointed a Privy Counsellor in May 2006 and Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in April 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Ashton is the 6,344th most popular politician (up from 9,449th in 2019), the 1,421st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,900th in 2019) and the 258th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Catherine Ashton ranks 6,344 out of 19,576. Before her are Michel Djotodia, Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Emperor Lizong, and Fevzi Çakmak. After her are Atticus of Constantinople, Yejong of Goryeo, Constanze Manziarly, Lars Korvald, Takeo Fukuda, and Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Catherine Ashton ranks 71. Before her are Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Jan Peter Balkenende, Milan Babić, Iveta Radičová, El Risitas, and Georg Gänswein. After her are Guido van Rossum, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Larry Bird, Walter Salles, Boris Trajkovski, and David Sassoli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton ranks 1,421 out of 8,785. Before her are Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), John McLaughlin (1942), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Michael Smith (1932), and Duncan Edwards (1936). After her are James Lind (1716), William Henry Perkin (1838), William Booth (1829), Vinnie Jones (1965), Martin Frobisher (1535), and Victoria Beckham (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton ranks 258. Before her are Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), and Alexander I of Scotland (1078). After her are John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Henry Pelham (1694), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Peter Robinson (1948), and John Hawkwood (1320).

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