11 Facts About Hugh O'Leary

Hugh Richard O'Leary was born on 19 July 1974 and is a British accountant.

Hugh O'Leary is married to Liz Truss, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022.

Hugh O'Leary's mother Susan 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.

Hugh O'Leary attended Birkenhead School, where he studied Mathematics and Further Mathematics at A-level, applying unsuccessfully to Oxford University to study PPE.

Hugh O'Leary went on to read econometrics and mathematical economics at the London School of Economics before becoming an accountant.

Hugh O'Leary worked as a finance director at Affinity Global Real Estate.

Hugh O'Leary has worked at Arrakis Investments Limited, a company that, at the time, had no employees other than its one director.

Hugh O'Leary has stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in local elections to Greenwich London Borough Council on several occasions.

Hugh O'Leary has remained active in politics as a member of the Conservatives, canvassing with the party in Greenwich in 2022.

Hugh O'Leary met Truss at the 1997 Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.

The couple's first date was spent ice-skating, during which Hugh O'Leary sprained his ankle.