William Hague is the new First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in David Cameron’s Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government.
William Hague has been the Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire since 1989 and replaces Lord Mandelson as First Secretary of State and David Miliband as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
As the Conservative party leader he resigned after the 2001 general election following a landslide defeat to the Labour Party.