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About Hugh Smyth
Hugh Smyth OBE was a Northern Irish Ulster Loyalist and politician who was leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) from 1979 to 2002, as well as during an interim period in 2011. He was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1994 to 1995, as well as a Belfast City Councillor for the Court and Belfast Area E DEAs from 1972 to January 2014, making him one of the longest-serving members on the Council. Smyth was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the 1996 New Year's Honours list.
Everything about Hugh Smyth →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, member of the 1973–74 Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Mayor of Belfast
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- 1941
- Died
- May 12, 2014