Liz Truss, a British politician, is well-known for her successful political career. She is the 15th British Prime Minister crowned by Queen Elizabeth II on September 6th, 2022, who has seen an era of change. She is officially Britain's fourth prime minister in six years and the third woman to take on the role. After being named as Britain's new prime minister, Truss said that she will cut taxes and focus on growing the UK's economy.
Liz Truss is a British politician. She currently serves as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party. After Johnson's resignation amid a government crisis, she won the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, became the UK's third female prime minister, and formed the Truss ministry.
Truss began her political career as a councilor for the London Borough of Greenwich prior to running as Conservative MP for Hemsworth in 2011. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education from 2012 to 2014, before being appointed to the Cabinet by Cameron as Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs in the 2014 cabinet reshuffle.
After Cameron's resignation in July 2016, Truss was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by May, becoming the first female Lord Chancellor in the thousand-year history of the office. Following the 2017 United Kingdom general election, Truss was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Liz Truss was born on 26th July 1975 in Oxford, England. Her birth name is Mary Elizabeth Truss. She holds British nationality and belongs to the white caucasian ethnicity. Her star sign is Leo. She is a follower of Christianity. She values the Christian faith and the Church of England, but she is not a regular practicing religious person.
Liz Truss was born into a middle-class family. Her father, John Kenneth Truss, is a mathematician and professor at the University of Leeds while her mother Priscilla Truss was a nurse and teacher. She was raised with her three younger brothers: Chris, Patrick, and Francis.
As for education, She attended Roundhay School, in the Roundhay area of Leeds. After her high school graduation, she enrolled at Merton College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, graduating in 1996.
Liz Truss has been married to Hugh O'Leary, an English accountant. He is currently a finance director at Affinity Global Real Estate. The couple first met in 1997 at the Tory Party conference. After dating for several years, the couple married in 2000 at a grand wedding. The couple has welcomed two daughters: Frances, 16, and Liberty, 13.
Both daughters are kept largely out of the public eye and off of her social media. Their relationship turned bitter in 2006 after her affair with the then-married Tory MP Mark Field from 2004 until mid-2005 was made public. However, Truss's marriage survived, and she said in the same 2019 interview that she is ‘really happily married.
As of September 2022, the net worth of Liz Truss is estimated to be £8.4 million. She has accumulated her wealth working at Shell (An oil and Gas company) and Cable & Wireless and as a deputy director of the think tank Reform. Now as a British Prime Minister, she will be reportedly earning $450,000 annually. Meanwhile, her car collection includes Cadillac Escalade, Land Rover Defender, BMW 7 Series, Jaguar XF, and Range Rover, among many others.
Liz Truss is 5 ft 7 inches tall and her body weight is around 58 Kg. She wears a bra of size 37C and a shoe size of 7(US). She has a perfect body measurement of 37-25-37 inches that resembles hourglass-shaped. She has a beautiful face with a fair complexion and has got sparkling blue eyes. The hair that Liz Truss has is completely unprocessed. Although she has blonde hair at the moment, the natural color of her hair is brown.