Jim Hacker
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hacker of Islington KG PC BSc Hon. DCL (Oxon.) |
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Paul Eddington as Prime Minister Jim Hacker
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| First appearance | "Open Government" |
| Last appearance | "The Tangled Web" |
| Portrayed by | David Haig (2013 revival) |
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| Occupation | Lecturer Journalist Politician |
| Spouse(s) | Anne "Annie" Hacker |
| Children | Lucy Hacker plus unknown others (implied in "Party Games") |
| Nationality | British |
James George "Jim" Hacker, Baron Hacker of Islington, KG, PC, BSc (Lond.), Hon. DCL (Oxon.) is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom Yes Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. He is the Minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs, and later the Prime Minister. He was portrayed by Paul Eddington in the original show; in the 2013 revival he was portrayed by David Haig.
Hacker was an academic political researcher, polytechnic lecturer, and editor of a newspaper, Reform, and entered Parliament circa 1961. He continued with at least some of these jobs while holding the office of Member of Parliament for Birmingham East.
For the first twenty years of his political career, Hacker was a member of the Opposition, and he served as Shadow Minister of Agriculture from 1974 on. In 1980, he served as the head of the unsuccessful party leadership campaign of Martin Walker; the winner of this campaign, Herbert Attwell, later went on to win the general election in 1981, and thereby became the UK's new prime minister. Hacker was nervous that Attwell would pass him over for a Cabinet post as an act of revenge for running Walker's campaign against him, but Attwell appointed Hacker to the cabinet as minister for the (fictitious) Department of Administrative Affairs. At least one news commentator of the time speculated that the appointment was actually an act of revenge, as the DAA had a reputation as "a political graveyard" that could end Hacker's career.
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