Ugbana Oyet

British engineer and serjeant-at-arms

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
BornCalabar, Nigeria
NationalityBritish/Nigerian

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
Kamal El-Hajji
 Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons
2019–present 		Incumbent
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Officers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
House of CommonsHouse of Lords
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt
Serjeant at Arms Ugbana Oyet
Clerk of the House Tom Goldsmith


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