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William Hague
The Right Honourable ; William Hague
Leader of the House of Commons
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Andrew Lansley
First Secretary of State
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 12 May 2010
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Lord Mandelson
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	In office; 12 May 2010 – 14 July 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	David Miliband
Succeeded by	Philip Hammond
Shadow Foreign Secretary
	In office; 6 December 2005 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Liam Fox
Succeeded by	David Miliband
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Deputy	Peter Lilley; Michael Portillo
Preceded by	John Major
Succeeded by	Iain Duncan Smith
Leader of the Conservative Party
	In office; 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001
Preceded by	John Major
Succeeded by	Iain Duncan Smith
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
	In office; 2 May 1997 – 19 June 1997
Leader	John Major
Preceded by	Ron Davies
Succeeded by	Michael Ancram
Secretary of State for Wales
	In office; 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	David Hunt
Succeeded by	Ron Davies
Minister of State for the Disabled
	In office; 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Nicholas Scott
Succeeded by	Alistair Burt
Member of Parliament; for Richmond (Yorks)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 23 February 1989
Preceded by	Leon Brittan
Majority	23,336 (43.7%)
Personal details
Born	William Jefferson Hague ; 26 March 1961 (age 58); Rotherham, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Ffion Jenkins (1997–present)
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford; European Institute of Business Administration
Website	Parliamentary website; Government website

William Jefferson Hague (pronounced HAIG; born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and is the current Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State. He was the leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001. He is the Member of Parliament for the Richmond (York) constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

William Hague was born in Rotherham in West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He first gained national attention when he spoke at the 1977 Conservative Party conference aged 16. He was educated at the University of Oxford. Hague first became a Member of Parliament at a by-election in 1989. In 1995, William Hague was made the Secretary of State for Wales until 1997 when the Conservatives lost the general election. He was elected as Conservative Party leader in 1997. Following the Conservative's defeat in the 2001 General Election, he resigned from the position and was succeeded by Iain Duncan Smith.

He went on to write biographies of William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce. In 2005, when David Cameron became the Conservative Party leader, Hague was made the Shadow Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State.

Awards

The Spectator's "Parliamentarian of the Year Award" (1998)
History Book of the Year in the 2005 British Book Awards, for William Pitt the Younger
The Spectator's 'Speech of the Year Award' (2007)
The Trustees Award at the 2008 Longman/History Today Awards
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2009)

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Magdalen College, Oxford
Hague met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after his appointment as Foreign Secretary.
Hague met Clinton's successor, Secretary of State John Kerry, in 2013.
Hague meeting Saudi Defence Minister Salman of Saudi Arabia in London, 4 April 2012
Foreign Secretary William Hague meeting Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Rafik Abdessalem, 2012.
Hague and David Cameron speaking to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the London Conference on Libya, 29 March 2011
Hague meeting Ahmad Jarba, President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, on 5 September 2013
Hague, Carl Bildt and Radosław Sikorski meeting Vlad Filat, Prime Minister of Moldova, February 2013