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'''Mary Elizabeth Truss''' ('''Liz'''; born 26th July 1975) has been the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Secretary|foreign minister]] since 2021 and [[Minister for Women and Equalities]] since 2019. She has represented the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] as the [[Member of Parliament (UK)|MP]] for [[South West Norfolk (constituency|South West Norfolk]] since 2010. She is the longest-serving senior politician of the current [[Government of the United Kingdom]], having first entered the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] in 2014 as the [[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|environment minister]]. She also became the first female [[Lord Chancellor]] in 2016. Other roles have included deputising the UK [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|finance minister]] as [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] and serving as [[Trade Secretary]]. | '''Mary Elizabeth Truss''' or '''Elizabeth Mary Truss''' (both forms of her full name are found, in different sources; she commonly calls herself just '''Liz'''; her married name O'Leary is not used, at least in politics; born 26th July 1975) is leader of the British Conservative Party and is due to be appointed as Prime Minister by the Queen; she has been the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Secretary|foreign minister]] since 2021 and [[Minister for Women and Equalities]] since 2019. She has represented the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] as the [[Member of Parliament (UK)|MP]] for [[South West Norfolk (constituency|South West Norfolk]] since 2010. She is the longest-serving senior politician of the current [[Government of the United Kingdom]], having first entered the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] in 2014 as the [[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|environment minister]]. She also became the first female [[Lord Chancellor]] in 2016. Other roles have included deputising the UK [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|finance minister]] as [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] and serving as [[Trade Secretary]]. | ||
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Mary Elizabeth Truss or Elizabeth Mary Truss (both forms of her full name are found, in different sources; she commonly calls herself just Liz; her married name O'Leary is not used, at least in politics; born 26th July 1975) is leader of the British Conservative Party and is due to be appointed as Prime Minister by the Queen; she has been the British foreign minister since 2021 and Minister for Women and Equalities since 2019. She has represented the Conservative Party as the MP for South West Norfolk since 2010. She is the longest-serving senior politician of the current Government of the United Kingdom, having first entered the Cabinet in 2014 as the environment minister. She also became the first female Lord Chancellor in 2016. Other roles have included deputising the UK finance minister as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and serving as Trade Secretary.