William Jefferson Hague Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Jefferson Hague Template:Post-nominals (born 26 March 1961) is a British Conservative politician who has been the First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons since 2014. He previously served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 until 2014, Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001, and he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 1989.Hague was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School, the University of Oxford and INSEAD, eventually being elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1989. Hague quickly rose through the ranks of the Major Government and was appointed to the Cabinet in 1995 as Secretary of State for Wales. Following a landslide defeat in the 1997 general election to the Labour Party, he was elected leader of the Conservative Party at the age of 36.He resigned as Conservative Leader after the 2001 general election following a second landslide defeat, at which the Conservatives could only make a net gain of one seat, thus becoming the first Conservative Leader since the role came into being in the early 1920s not to become Prime Minister. He returned to the backbenches, beginning a career as an author, writing biographies of William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce. He also held several directorships, and worked as a consultant and public speaker.After David Cameron was elected Leader of the Conservative Party in 2005, Hague rejoined the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Foreign Secretary. He also took on the role of "Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet", effectively serving as Cameron's deputy. After the formation of the Coalition Government in 2010, Hague was appointed First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary. Cameron has described him as his "de facto political deputy".On 14 July 2014, Hague stood down as Foreign Secretary to become Leader of the House of Commons in preparation for his planned retirement from parliament, after 26 years as an MP, at the next United Kingdom general election expected in 2015.
Served as Secretary of State for Wales in John Major's government in 1995. Civil Servant Ffion Jenkins was hired to teach him Welsh. They married in December 1997.
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Conservative Party Leader 1997-2001. Conservative MP for Richmond (North Yorkshire) 1989- .
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Declared his support for Iain Duncan Smith in the Conservative Party leadership contest, which was brought about by his resignation after the 2001 election defeat. [August 2001]
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
William Hague on William Pitt
2015
TV Movie documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little America
2016/II
Documentary
Himself
Inside Obama's White House
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Question Time
1995-2015
TV Series
Himself
Inside the Commons
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Leader of the House, Conservative
William Hague on William Pitt
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself
CNBC Meets
2014
TV Series documentary
Scotland Decides
2014
TV Movie
Himself - Leader of the Commons (as William Hague MP)
Sunday AM
2005-2014
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Shadow Foreign Secretary
Vote 2014 Europe
2014
TV Movie
Himself - Foreign Secretary, Conservative (as William Hague MP)
Charlie Rose
2011-2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Studio B
2012
TV Series
Himself
Fox Report
2012
TV Series
Himself
Sky News: Murnaghan
2012
TV Series
Himself
Modern Spies
2012
Documentary
Himself, British MP, Foreign Secretary
The Agenda with Tom Bradby
2012
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Diamond Queen
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself - Foreign Secretary
Click Online
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - British Foreign Secretary
Breakfast
2006-2011
TV Series
Himself - Foreign Secretary / Himself
Dispatches
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - Foreign Secretary
Five Days That Changed Britain
2010
TV Movie
Himself - Conservative (as William Hague MP)
Election 2010
2010
TV Movie
Himself - Shadow Foreign Secretary
European Elections 09
2009
TV Movie
Himself - Shadow Foreign Secretary (as William Hague MP)
Election Night
2008
TV Movie
Himself (as William Hague MP)
Thatcher
2008
Video documentary
Himself - Leader, Conservative Party 1997 - 2001
The Blair Years
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
News 24 Sunday
2007
TV Series
Himself - Shadow Foreign Secretary
BBC Four News
2007
TV Series
Himself - Shadow Foreign Secretary
ITV News
2007
TV Series
Himself - Shadow Foreign Secretary
Newsnight
2006
TV Series
Himself
BBC News 24
2006
TV Series
Himself
Jonathan Dimbleby
1998-2006
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Programme
1996-2006
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Politics
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2003-2005
TV Series
Himself - Guest Presenter
Morgan and Platell
2005
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2001-2004
TV Series
Himself
This Morning
2004
TV Series
Himself
Call My Bluff
2004
TV Series
Himself
This Week
2003
TV Series
Himself
Bruce Forsyth & William Hague
2003
Video documentary short
Himself (uncredited)
The Big Read
2003
TV Series
Himself
Gerald Scarfe: Drawing Blood
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Vote 2001
2001
TV Movie
Himself
Clarkson
2000
TV Series
Himself
Diana: The Nation's Farewell
1997
TV Movie
Himself
Election 97
1997
TV Movie
Himself - Welsh Secretary
A Week in Politics
1997
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wright Stuff
2012-2014
TV Series
Himself - Foreign Secretary
Frost on Interviews
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself (as William Hague MP)
Insiders
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Special Relationship
2010
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
The Funny Side of...
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2005
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters - Volume 2
2005
Video
Guest Presenter (as Rt. Hon. William Hague MP)
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters