Liz Truss is a British politician who is the leader of the Conservative Party and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by the Queen in due course.
Truss won the Conservative Party leadership election on 5 September 2022, beating her rival Rishi Sunak. Here’s Liz’s Biography, Net worth, Education, Parents, Background, Husband, Children, Political party, etc.
Name: Mary Elizabeth Truss
Date of birth: 26 July 1975
Age: 47
Place of birth: Oxford, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom
READ ALSO: Liz Truss Is New UK Prime Minister
Religion: Christianity
Net worth: £8.4million
Education: Merton College, Oxford, and was President of Oxford University Liberal Democrats.
Husband: Hugh O’Leary (m. 2000)
Parents: John Truss
Previous office: Secretary of State for International Trade of United Kingdom (2019–2021)
Political party: Conservative party
Children: 2
Current office: She is currently serving as the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021 and Minister for Women and Equalities since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010.
Social media: Twitter
On 10 July 2022, Liz Truss announced her intention to run in the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Boris Johnson. She pledged to cut taxes on day one if elected, and said she would “fight the election as a Conservative and govern as a Conservative”, adding that she would also take “immediate action to help people deal with the cost of living”.
READ ALSO: UK Inflation Jumps To 10.1%, The Highest In 40 Years
Liz Truss said she would cancel a planned rise in corporation tax and reverse the recent increase in National Insurance rates, funded by delaying the date by which the national debt is planned to fall, as part of a “long-term plan to bring down the size of the state and the tax burden”. On 5 September 2022, it was announced that Truss had defeated her opponent Rushi Sunak in the Conservative leadership race by 81,326 votes to 60,399.
Trending video of the day;
Photo Credit: Getty
