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."

 

A Document by William Hague

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

 

Events Participated in

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 47th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland
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"

 

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