William Hague

William Hague
William Hague
Born	William Jefferson Hague; 1961-03-26; Rotherham, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford, European Institute of Business Administration
Religion	Anglicanism
Spouse	Ffion Jenkins
Member of	Le Cercle, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1994
Party	Conservative
	First Secretary of State
In office
	12 May 2010 - 8 May 2015
Preceded by	Peter Mandelson
Succeeded by	George Osborne
	Leader of the House of Commons
In office
	15 July 2014 - 8 May 2015
Preceded by	Andrew Lansley
Succeeded by	Chris Grayling
	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
	12 May 2010 - 14 July 2014
Preceded by	David Miliband
Succeeded by	Philip Hammond
	Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet
In office
	8 December 2005 - 11 May 2010
	Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
	6 December 2005 - 11 May 2010
Preceded by	Liam Fox
Succeeded by	David Miliband
	Leader of the Opposition
In office
	19 June 1997 - 13 September 2001
	Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
	19 June 1997 - 13 September 2001
Preceded by	John Major
Succeeded by	Iain Duncan Smith
	Secretary of State for Wales
In office
	5 July 1995 - 2 May 1997
	Minister of State for the Disabled
In office
	20 July 1994 - 5 July 1995
	Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks)
In office
	23 February 1989 - 30 March 2015

Deep politics

Hague is an attendee of Le Cercle, describing it as "a political group which organises conferences."^[1]

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
File:London Conference on Libya 2011.pdf	statement	29 March 2011	2011 Attacks on Libya	Summary from the Chair of the London Conference on Libya

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Le Cercle/2002 (Morocco)	27 June 2002	1 July 2002	Morocco	William Hague attended
Munich Security Conference/2011	4 February 2011	6 February 2011	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 47^th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	World Economic Forum Switzerland	The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Assange Judge is 40-year "good friend" of Minister who orchestrated his arrest	Article	2 December 2021	Mark Curtis Matt Kennard	Julian Assange’s fate lies in the hands of an Appeal Judge who is a close friend of Sir Alan Duncan - the former Foreign Office minister who called Assange a “miserable little worm” in Parliament
Document:Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security State	Article	2 March 2021	Oliver Eagleton	Keir Starmer is sometimes praised for being an outsider in the world of politics (or mocked as too lawyerly and insufficiently political). But in reality, much of his work as Director of Public Prosecutions blurred the boundaries between prosecutor and politician – following the dictates of the Cameron coalition, negotiating with foreign officials on its behalf, and dropping or pursuing cases according to its interests.
Document:Niyirah al-Sabah’s Story	article	28 August 2011	Sandra Barr	Niyirah al-Sabah presenting her lies about Saddam Hussein's troops taking babies out of incubators that led to the Iraq War and Iman al-Obeidi claiming she was gang-raped by Muammar Gaddafi's forces justifying the 2011 Attacks on Libya

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