William Hague, who was elected as the new Chancellor of Oxford University in January 2025, has just become a Trustee of the Europaeum. He replaces Chris Patten, who also served in both roles until earlier this year. Chris Patten has since become the first member of the Europaeum’s new International Advisory Council.
The new Chair of the Trustees, Andrew Graham, a former Master of Balliol College, Oxford, said: ‘We are delighted that William is joining us at the Europaeum, which is powerful signal of the vitality of the network. We look forward to working very closely with him in the years ahead.’
Lord Hague of Richmond was successively British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons between 2010 and 2015, having previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001, and as a Cabinet minister in the government of John Major before that.
