See soorce fer Catherine Ashton

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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Richt Honourable]]
|name             = The Baroness Ashton o Upholland
|honorific-suffix = [[Privy Cooncil o the Unitit Kinrick|PC]]
|image            = Catherine Ashton 2012.jpg
|office           = [[Heich Representative o the Union for Foreign Affairs an Security Policy]]
|term_start       = 1 December 2009
|term_end         = 1 November 2014
|predecessor      = [[Javier Solana]] <small>(Heich Representative for CFSP)</small><br />[[Benita Ferrero-Waldner]] <small>(Commissioner for External Relations)</small>
|successor        = [[Federica Mogherini]]
|office2          = [[Vice-Preses o the European Commission|First Vice Preses o the European Commission]]
|president2       = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
|term_start2      = 9 Februar 2010
|term_end2        = 1 November 2014
|predecessor2     = [[Margot Wallström]]
|successor2       = [[Frans Timmermans]]
|office3          = [[European Commissioner for Trade]]
|president3       = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
|term_start3      = 3 October 2008
|term_end3        = 1 December 2009
|predecessor3     = [[Peter Mandelson]]
|successor3       = [[Benita Ferrero-Waldner]]
|office4          = [[Leader o the Hoose o Lords]]<br />[[Lord Preses o the Cooncil]]
|primeminister4   = [[Gordon Brown]]
|term_start4      = 27 Juin 2007
|term_end4        = 3 October 2008
|predecessor4     = [[Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos|The Baroness Amos]]
|successor4       = [[Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon|The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon]]
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1956|3|20|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Upholland]], United Kingdom
|death_date       =
|death_place      =
|party            = [[Labour Pairty (UK)|Labour]]
|spouse           = [[Peter Kellner]] <small>(1988–present)</small>
|children         = 2
|residence        = [[St Albans]], Unitit Kinrick
|alma_mater       = [[Bedford College (Lunnon)|Bedford College]]
}}
'''Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton o Upholland''', [[Her Majesty's Maist Honourable Privy Cooncil|PC]]  (born 20 Mairch 1956) is a British [[Labour Pairty (UK)|Labour]] politeecian that in 2009 became the [[Heich Representative o the Union for Furren Affairs an Security Policy]] for the [[European Union]]. Unner the [[Treaty o Lisbon]], this post is combined wi the post o [[Vice-Preses o the European Commission]]. She haudit this poseetion til November 2014.

Her poleetical career began in 1999 whan she wis creatit a [[Life Peer]] (Baroness Ashton o Upholland) bi the Labour Govrenment. Unner this govrenment she became the Parliamentary Unner-Secretar o State in the Depairtment for Eddication an Skills in 2001 an subsequently in the Depairtment for Constitutional Affairs an Meenistry o Justice in 2004. She scame a [[Her Majesty's Maist Honourable Privy Cooncil|Privy Councillor]] (PC) in Mey 2006.

Catherine Ashton wis appyntit [[Leader o the Hoose o Lords]] an [[Lord Preses o the Cooncil]] in [[Gordon Brown]]’s first Cabinet in Juin 2007. She wis instrumental in steerin the EU's [[Treaty o Lisbon]] throu the UK's upper chamber. In 2008, she succeedit [[Peter Mandelson]] as [[European Commissioner for Trade|Commissioner for Trade]] in the [[European Commission]].

In December 2009, she became the first person tae tak on the role o [[Heich Representative o the Union for Foreign Affairs an Security Policy]] that wis creatit bi the [[Treaty o Lisbon]]. As Heich Representative, Baroness Ashton serves as the EU's foreign policy chief.<ref name="Ashton appoint">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20union.html?ref=catherineashton&_r=0 |title=Low-Profile Leaders Chosen for Top European Posts |date=19 November 2009 |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=12 February 2013}}</ref> 

Ashton teuk a central negotiatin role in the [[P5+1]] talks wi Iran that led tae the 2013 [[Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program]].<ref name=guardian-20131124>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/24/iran-nuclear-talks-lady-ashton-geneva-triumph |title=Iran nuclear talks: Lady Ashton's Geneva triumph takes centre stage |author=Ian Traynor |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 November 2013 |accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref>

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