William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, is a British politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire from 1989 to 2015. He served in the Cameron government as First Secretary of State from 2010 to 2015, Foreign Secretary from 2010 to 2014, and Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015.
Official portrait, 2010
Magdalen College, Oxford
Hague met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after his appointment as Foreign Secretary.
Hague stands with members of The Elders organisation: Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Laureate, and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in London, 2010.
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
The leader of the Conservative Party is the highest position within the United Kingdom's Conservative Party. The current holder of the position is Rishi Sunak, who was elected to the position on 24 October 2022, following his unopposed victory in the party's leadership election.
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Image: Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail
Image: Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (cropped)
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