William Hague

William Hague (2013)

Hague with Hillary Clinton (2010)

William Jefferson Hague, Hague Baron of Richmond (* 26. March 1961 in Rotherham , Yorkshire ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party and was until his resignation on 14 July 2014 Foreign Minister in the government of David Cameron .

Life

Hague attended a public comprehensive school in Wath-upon-Deane and studied at Magdalen College , Oxford . After graduating, he went to the Conservative Party. He is a member of the Conservative Party and was a Member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Richmond in Yorkshire from 1989 to 2015 . Between July 5, 1995 and May 2, 1997 he was a member of John Major's cabinet as Minister for Wales. After the defeat of John Major in the general election on May 1, 1997 , he became the chairman of the Conservative Party. After the Labor Party won again on June 7, 2001 , Hague resigned as head of the Conservatives; Iain Duncan Smith (* 1954) was elected as his successor on September 12, and he was able to prevail against Kenneth Clarke (* 1940). After the general election on May 6, 2010, Hague became Foreign Minister in the government of David Cameron . As foreign minister he was a strong critic of closer cooperation in the European Union and also the euro . On July 14, 2014, he announced his resignation. As Leader of the House of Commons, he led the Conservative Party parliamentary group in the House of Commons until the parliamentary elections on May 7, 2015 and thus continued to have cabinet rank. His successor as Secretary of State was the previous Secretary of Defense, Philip Hammond . On October 9, 2015, Hague was named a Life Peer , Baron Hague of Richmond , of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire. This also made him a member of the House of Lords .

In 2015, in the debate about the UK's possible exit from the European Union (“ Brexit ”), Hague spoke out in favor of remaining in the EU. An exit from the EU could lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom as the majority of the pro-European Scottish nationalists would seize the opportunity to reopen the independence debate .

Footnotes

1. ^ Biography of William Hague in the Internet Movie Database (English)
2. ↑ quote . In: Der Spiegel . No. 42 , 2011, p. 94 ( online - October 17, 2011 ).
3. ↑ Great Britain: Foreign Minister Hague resigns. In: Spiegel Online . July 14, 2014, accessed June 25, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Sebastian Borger: EU critic new British foreign minister . APA report on derStandard.at , July 15, 2014.
5. ^ Crown Office . In: The Edinburgh Gazette . Issue 27625, October 13, 2015, p. 1726.
6. ↑ EU exit could lead to break up of UK, says Lord Hague. In: BBC News. December 23, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 . 

Web links

Commons : William Hague  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• William Hague in the Internet Movie Database (English)