hague became the foreign secretary after the 2010 election in the conservative liberal democrat coalition government. issues that he was involved in included the arab spring and syrian civil war as well as the crisis in crimea. hague thinks syrian president bashar al-assad should be removed from power, and the cameron government wanted to help the opposition with air strikes in 2013, but parliament did not agree and the plans did not go forward. hague did not run for reelection in the 2015 election and mostly retired from politics after that. he was made a member of the house of lords as baron hague of richmond, where he is a member today.