Ugbana Oyet
British engineer and serjeant-at-arms
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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]
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Ugbana Oyet | |
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Oyet in 2021 | |
| Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons | |
| Assumed office October 2019 | |
| Speaker | John Bercow Lindsay Hoyle |
| Preceded by | Kamal El-Hajji |
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| Born | September 1976 (age 49) |
| University of Southampton | |
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]
