British isles PM race| Ex-Shell worker, Oxford graduate: 5 details about Liz Truss | World News

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On Monday night the world will concentrate on the United Kingdom as the ruling Conservative Social gathering announces its new chief - and the new Key Minister, who will change the outgoing Boris Johnson.

The contenders have been whittled to two - ex finance minister Rishi Sunak and secretary of point out Liz Truss. Truss, forty seven, is the bookmakers’ favorite to acquire. If elected, she will be the 3rd girl to develop into primary minister of the United Kingdom.

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Listed here are 5 points to know about Liz Truss:

> Liz Truss (complete identify - Mary Elizabeth Truss) was born July 26, 1975, in Oxford. Her parliamentary constituency is South West Norfolk.

> She graduated from Oxford in 1996 she examined philosophy, politics and economics. In the course of her college times, Truss was lively in university student politics, to begin with for the Liberal Democrats, a report by the BBC claimed. Nonetheless, at Oxford, Truss switched to the Conservatives.

> Following her graduation, Truss labored for Shell and Cable & Wi-fi.

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> In the 2001 election, Truss was a Tory prospect from Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, but misplaced. She was also defeated in the 2005 election. Even so, in 2010, she was place on Conservative chief David Cameron's ‘A-list’ of candidates.

> In September 2021, Boris Johnson promoted Truss from global trade secretary to secretary of point out for overseas, commonwealth and advancement affairs. She turned the next girl to be named as overseas secretary.

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