Ugbana Oyet

Ugbana Oyet
Oyet in 2021
Serjeant at Arms
of the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 2019
SpeakerJohn Bercow
Lindsay Hoyle
Preceded byKamal El-Hajji
Personal details
BornSeptember 1976 (age 48)
Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
NationalityBritish/Nigerian
Alma materUniversity of Southampton

Ugbana Oyet (born September 1976) is a Nigerian-born British chartered engineer and the current Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Oyet is the first Black Serjeant-at-Arms.[1]

Early life

Oyet was born in Nigeria in 1976 and moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 1991.[2]

Oyet was educated in Chichester, West Sussex. It was whilst at school in Chichester that he met Claire, his future wife.[2]

Oyet attended the University of Southampton, studying electrical engineering.[1]

Career

Oyet began working at Parliament in 2012 as Parliament's Principal Electrical Engineer and led efforts to make the parliamentary estate carbon neutral by 2050 before his appointment as Serjeant-at-Arms.[2][3]

Oyet was appointed as Serjeant-at-Arms in October 2019.[4]

Personal life

He is married to Claire. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Oyet, Ugbana. "It is everyone's responsibility to tackle racism in Parliament". House of Commons. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ugbana Oyet announced as new Serjeant at Arms". UK Parliament. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Commons appoints new Serjeant at Arms". BBC News. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Serjeant at Arms". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
Government offices
Preceded by Serjeant-at-Arms
of the House of Commons
2019–present 		Incumbent


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