Hugh O'Leary
British accountant (born 1974)
Hugh O'Leary
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O'Leary in 2022
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1974 (age
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49)
Allerton
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Education | London School of Economics |
Occupation | Accountant |
Known for | Spouse of a former prime minister of the United Kingdom (2022) |
Political party | Conservative |
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Children | 2 |
Hugh O'Leary (born 1974) is an English accountant. He is the husband of Liz Truss , who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022. [1]
Early life and education
O'Leary was born in Allerton, Liverpool , and raised in Heswall , in Wirral , as the eldest of three siblings. O'Leary's mother Susan was a nurse, and his father John 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 University of Oxford to study Philosophy, politics and economics . He went on to study 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' Deputy Prime Minister. [4]
Career
O'Leary worked as a finance director at Affinity Global Real Estate. [5]
O’Leary worked at Arrakis Investments Limited, a company that, at the time, had no employees other than its one director. [6]
Politics
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
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 has represented since 2010. [5] [14] He stayed with Truss following her extramarital affair with Conservative MP Mark Field . The couple have two daughters. [3]
References
- ↑ "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 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 .
- 1 2 3 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 .
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Lott-Lavigna, Ruby (18 October 2022).
"Did Liz Truss mislead public over her husband's secretive work?"
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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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