Greg Hughes
| Greg Hughes | |
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| Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office January 26, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Becky Lockhart |
| Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 51st district |
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Assumed office January 1, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | John Swallow |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Utah Valley University Brigham Young University, Utah |
Gregory 'Greg' H. Hughes is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 51 since January 1, 2003. Greg Hughes currently serves as the Speaker of the House for the Utah House of Representatives in the state of Utah.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Hughes never knew his father and was brought up by a single mother who sold cemetery plots on commission. She joined the LDS Church and married when Hughes was five, but that marriage ended in divorce by the time he was ten. At age 16, Hughes was in a car accident with friends, and was subsequently confined to a wheelchair for a year. He later worked as a bellman in an upscale Pittsburgh hotel and then on the 1988 presidential campaign staff for George Herbert Walker Bush. He served a full-time mission for the LDS Church in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Hughes attended Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University) and Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Krista, live in Draper, Utah with their three kids. Hughes is a self-employed property manager and developer.
Since 2010, Hughes has served in House Leadership and he currently serves as the House Speaker in the Utah House of Representatives. During the 2016 legislative sessions, Hughes served on the Executive Appropriations Committee, the House Legislative Expense Oversight Committee, the Legislative Audit Subcommittee, and the Legislative Management Committee. During the interim, Hughes serves on the Education Interim Committee.
Hughes also floor sponsored SCR013 Concurrent Resolution Honoring Randy Horiuchi, SCR017 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing Utah's Ten Year Relationship with Liaoning, China.
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