Ugbana Oyet
Ugbana Oyet | |
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Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons | |
Assumed office October 2019 | |
Speaker | John Bercow Lindsay Hoyle |
Preceded by | Kamal El-Hajji |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1976 (age 48) Calabar,Cross River State,Nigeria |
Nationality | British/Nigerian |
Alma mater | University of Southampton |
Ugbana Oyet(born September 1976) is a Nigerian-born Britishchartered engineerand the currentSerjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons.Oyet is the first Black Serjeant-at-Arms.[1]
Early life
[edit]Oyet was born in Nigeria in 1976 and moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 1991.[2]
Oyet was educated inChichester,West Sussex.It was whilst at school in Chichester that he met Claire, his future wife.[2]
Oyet attended theUniversity of Southampton,studying electrical engineering.[1]
Career
[edit]Oyet began working at Parliament in 2012 as Parliament's Principal Electrical Engineer and led efforts to make the parliamentary estatecarbon neutralby 2050 before his appointment as Serjeant-at-Arms.[2][3]
Oyet was appointed as Serjeant-at-Arms in October 2019.[4]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Claire. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abOyet, Ugbana."It is everyone's responsibility to tackle racism in Parliament".House of Commons.Retrieved5 April2021.
- ^abcd"Ugbana Oyet announced as new Serjeant at Arms".UK Parliament.15 October 2019.Retrieved27 October2019.
- ^"Commons appoints new Serjeant at Arms".BBC News.16 October 2019.Retrieved27 October2019.
- ^"Serjeant at Arms".UK Parliament.Retrieved27 October2019.