William Hague has revealed his admiration for Angelina Jolie's crusade against sexual violence.
In an interview with the Evening Standard, the Leader of the House of Commons credited the film star with encouraging him to step down from his role as Foreign Secretary last year.
"Angelina has done so much," he told the newspaper. "She is very, very knowledgeable about this. She is incredibly dedicated to the cause."
After listening to women's stories during visits to war-torn regions, Hague has chosen to join Jolie's campaign full-time.
"These stories stay with you," he told the newspaper. "They are the most horrific thing I came across as foreign secretary. But the dignity with which [victims] speak is the main thing you absorb. If they can speak about these things, then the rest of us have no excuse to stay silent."
However, it was Jolie's film In the Land of Blood and Honeythat had a major impact on his decision.
"That helped bring everything together for me," he added. "If we know so much about the crimes that are being committed, how can we not act?"
In 2014, Jolie joined Hague at the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict in London.
"You could just see attitudes change, consciousness of this issue grow in the world, governments making laws, military doctrines and the training of peacekeepers changing," he said of the event.
Hear Jolie's empowering speech from the summit below...