Hugh O'Leary
Hugh O'Leary | |
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| Born | Hugh Richard O'Leary (1974年07月19日) 19 July 1974 (age 50) Allerton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| Education | London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Accountant |
| Known for | Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (2022) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | O'Leary |
Hugh Richard O'Leary (born 19 July 1974) is a British accountant. He is married to Liz Truss, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022.[1]
Early life and education
[edit ]O'Leary was born at Allerton, Liverpool, and raised in Heswall, on the Wirral, as the eldest of three siblings. His mother Susan (née Dunn) was a nurse, and his father John O'Leary was a college lecturer who trained as a solicitor and worked for the legal firm of the Liverpool lawyer Rex Makin.[2] [3]
O'Leary attended Birkenhead School, where he studied Mathematics and Further Mathematics at A-level, applying unsuccessfully to the Oxford University to study PPE. He went on to read econometrics and mathematical economics at the London School of Economics before becoming an accountant.[3] Whilst at university, he was acquainted with Thérèse Coffey, who was later Liz Truss's deputy prime minister.[4]
Career
[edit ]O'Leary worked as a finance director at Affinity Global Real Estate.[5]
He has also worked at Arrakis Investments Limited, a company that, at the time, had no employees other than its one director.[6]
Politics
[edit ]O'Leary has stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in local elections to Greenwich London Borough Council on several occasions. At the 1998 council election, he was a candidate for the Labour-held St Alfege ward.[7] At the subsequent council election in 2002, he stood in Greenwich West; all three seats were won by the Labour Party.[3] [8] [9]
His most recent candidacy to date was at the 2006 Greenwich election, this time in the Charlton ward, when O'Leary and the other opposition parties finished a considerable margin behind the winning Labour candidates.[10] At this election, his wife, Liz Truss, was elected to Eltham South ward, which she represented until 2010.[11] O'Leary has remained active in politics as a member of the Conservatives, canvassing with the party in Greenwich in 2022.[12] [5]
Personal life
[edit ]O'Leary met Truss at the 1997 Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.[3] [13] The couple's first date was spent ice-skating, during which O'Leary sprained his ankle.[3] O'Leary and Truss married in 2000; they live in Greenwich, south-east London, and the South West Norfolk constituency which Truss represented from 2010 to 2024.[5] [14] He stayed with Truss following her 2004–2005 extramarital affair with the Conservative MP Mark Field. The couple have two daughters.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Hugh O'Leary: Who is Liz Truss's husband and the country's next first man?". MSN. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Coke, Hope (6 September 2022). "Who is Liz Truss's husband? Meet the new No 10 spouse, Hugh O'Leary". Tatler. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Charlotte Wace (26 July 2022). "Liz Truss's husband: the earnest accountant who has stood by her". The Times . Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Riley-Smith, Ben (3 October 2022). "Therese Coffey opens the door to more foreign nurses to plug NHS staff shortage". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Silverman, Rosa; Chandler-Wilde, Helen (5 September 2022). "Liz Truss's 'stoic' husband doesn't want 'massive public role'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Lott-Lavigna, Ruby (18 October 2022). "Did Liz Truss mislead public over her husband's secretive work?". openDemocracy . Retrieved 19 October 2022.
Truss, who in her ministerial career has formally declared almost no financial or familial interests, said in a submission to the List of Ministers' interests that her husband Hugh O'Leary worked at a company called Arrakis Investments Limited – yet documents filed with Companies House say the firm at the time had no employees other than its one director.
- ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). London Borough Council elections 7 May 1998 : including the Greater London Authority referendum results (PDF). London: London Research Centre. Demographic and Statistical Studies. ISBN 1-85261-276-2. OCLC 40179592. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "2002 – Greenwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "AIM Asset Investment Ltd overview – Find and update company information – GOV.UK".
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "2006 – Greenwich". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Eltham South Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Ferguson, Emily (5 September 2022). "How Liz Truss's husband tried to enter politics but took back seat in leadership race". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Liz Truss: Who is the next prime minister married to?". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "South West Norfolk". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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| Preceded by | Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2022 |
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