Ugbana Oyet

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

Ugbana Oyet
Serjeant at Arms
of the House of Commons
Assumed office
October 2019
SpeakerJohn Bercow
Lindsay Hoyle
Preceded byKamal El-Hajji
Personal details
BornCalabar, Nigeria
NationalityBritish/Nigerian

Oyet was appointed as Serjeant-at-Arms in October 2019.[1] He served as Parliament's Principal Electrical Engineer until that and led efforts to make the parliamentary estate carbon neutral by 2050.[2][3]

Oyet was born in Nigeria in 1976 and moved to the United Kingdom with his family in 1991. He is married and has four children.[2][4]

References

  1. "Serjeant at Arms". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. "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. "Ugbana Oyet". Companies House. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
Government offices
Preceded by
Kamal El-Hajji
Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons
2019–present
Incumbent
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