Liz Truss: who is her husband Hugh O’Leary?

In the wake of his wife Liz Truss, favorite datum of the succession of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is a happy husband, discreet but solid on whom the current British Foreign Secretary can rest, Hugh O’Leary.

Hugh O’Leary: faithful companion since 1997 of Liz Truss

While it is regularly compared to Margaret Thatcher, Liz Truss knew how to tame her accountant husband, whom she met in 1997 at the Conservative Party conference. Shortly after, the young Liz invited Hugh O’Leary on a “date” that neither of them is about to forget:“I invited him to ice skate and he sprained his ankle” she told You magazine about their first date. In 2020, the two lovers got married and Liz Truss thanked the London School of Economics, from which her husband graduated, saying “Whenever I want a late-night discussion about supply-side reform or econometrics, there’s always someone on hand.”

Despite the turbulence experienced by their relationship in 2006, when Liz Truss’ relationship with former Tory MP Mark Field had been made public, the spouses managed to overcome this situation, Hugh O’Leary having refrained from making any comment on the subject. Together, Liz Truss and her husband had two daughters, Frances born in 2006 and Liberty born in 2008, of which their mother regularly posts pictures on her Instagram account. Strong of 22 years of marriage, Hugh O’Leary and Liz Truss know that they can count on each other, a weighty support in the race for 10 Downing Street.