William Jefferson Hague
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hague of Richmond PC FRSL |
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| First Secretary of State | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | The Lord Mandelson |
| Succeeded by | George Osborne |
| Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Deputy | Tom Brake |
| Preceded by | Andrew Lansley |
| Succeeded by | Chris Grayling |
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | David Miliband |
| Succeeded by | Philip Hammond |
| Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet | |
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In office 8 December 2005 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Ancram (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) |
| Succeeded by | Jack Straw (Shadow Deputy Prime Minister) |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 6 December 2005 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Liam Fox |
| Succeeded by | David Miliband |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001 |
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| Deputy |
Peter Lilley Michael Portillo |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Ron Davies |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ancram (Constitutional Affairs) |
| Shadow Constitutional Affairs Spokesperson | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 11 June 1997 Served alongside Michael Howard |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ancram |
| Secretary of State for Wales | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | David Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Ron Davies |
| Minister of State for the Disabled | |
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In office 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Scott |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Burt |
| Undersecretary of State for Social Security | |
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In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994 Alongside Alistair Burt & Lord Henley (1993) Alistair Burt & Viscount Astor (1993–94) |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by |
Ann Widdecombe Alistair Burt Lord Henley |
| Succeeded by |
Roger Evans James Arbuthnot Alistair Burt |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 28 November 1990 – 27 May 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Graham Bright |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Oppenheim |
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Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) |
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In office 23 February 1989 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Leon Brittan |
| Succeeded by | Rishi Sunak |
| Chairman of the International Democrat Union | |
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In office 1997–2002 |
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| Succeeded by | John Howard |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 9 October 2015 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Jefferson Hague 26 March 1961 Rotherham, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ffion Hague (m. 1997) |
| Alma mater |
Magdalen College, Oxford INSEAD |
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| Website |
Lords website Own website |
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL (born 26 March 1961), is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire as Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015.
Hague was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School, the University of Oxford and INSEAD, subsequently being returned to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1989. Hague quickly rose through the ranks of the government of John Major and was appointed to Cabinet in 1995 as Secretary of State for Wales. Following the Conservatives' defeat at the 1997 general election by the Labour Party, he was elected Leader of the Conservative Party at the age of 36.
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