Liz Truss' journey to becoming
Prime Minister

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Liz Truss defeated her rival minister Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes to 60,399.

Liz Truss was born on 26 July 1975 in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Studied in government school, 47-year-old Truss's father was a mathematics professor and mother was a nurse.

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Truss studied at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1996 and joining the Conservative Party.

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He founded the Free Enterprise Group of Conservative MPs, has written papers and books, including Of the Coalition (2011) and Britain Unchained (2012).

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Truss served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Child Care and Education from 2012 to 2014.

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Following Cameron's resignation in July 2016, Truss became Secretary of State for Justice and the first female Lord Chancellor in history until May.

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Following the 2017 general election, Truss was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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She assumed the additional role of Minister for Women and Equality in September 2019.

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She was appointed the government's chief negotiator in December 2021 with the European Union and the UK chair of the EU-UK Partnership Council.

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Truss won the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.

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Liz Truss' journey to becoming Prime Minister