May 18, 2013
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William Jefferson Hague, FRSL MP is a British politician, who is the current Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001. In Parliament, he has represented the constituency of Richmond since 1989.
Educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School, a state grammar school, then the University of Oxford and INSEAD, Hague was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1989. Hague rose through the ranks of John Major's government and entered the Cabinet in 1995 as the Secretary of State for Wales. Following the Conservatives' defeat in the 1997 general election, he was elected as leader of the Conservative Party. He resigned as party leader after the 2001 general election following a landslide defeat to the Labour Party. With the exception of Lord Carr, who briefly served as leader, Hague was the first leader of the Conservatives not to have become Prime Minister since Austen Chamberlain in the early 1920s.
On the backbenches, Hague began 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 returned to front line politics as shadow foreign secretary. Later in 2010, upon Cameron becoming Prime Minister, Hague took on the roles of First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary.
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![Britain recognizes Syrian opposition council as armed groups commit atrocities in Aleppo [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-14270000/14270799/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c64f8a8a67089788340a333b52d96d1e "Reuters/Zain Karam")
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![Syrian border quiet after Israel, Syria exchange fire [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-14146000/14146529/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5906bca385ea014b91292454d1f9a36c)
![British, Pakistani, UAE officials praise Malala Yousafzai after hospital visit [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-13123000/13123748/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=69f2efe4e9931deaa8b3d1e6d718c12c)
![Turkish demonstrators clash with police after parliament votes to strike Syria [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-11612000/11612915/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=90edb258eab00306952a0e4577897376 "Reuters/Osman Orsal")
![Insurgents suffer heavy losses in Aleppo, as UK pledges USD 7.8 million to Syrian rebels [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-8591000/8591366/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=1a6340182b28f080a5a8550a97e2e4f0)
