Liz Truss To Become Third Female  Prime Minister of UK

Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party on Monday

Liz Truss will become UK’s 56th prime minister

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She will become third female Prime Minister in Britain, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May

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Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak by over 20,000 votes

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Truss won 81,326 votes compared to Sunak's share of 60,399 votes.

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Truss is the MP from South West Norfolk and has held the seat since 2010.

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She formerly served as the foreign secretary of the UK under former prime minister Boris Johnson.

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47-year-old Liz Truss was born in Oxford. Her father was a mathematics professor, and her mother, a nurse.

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Truss will become the Conservatives' fourth prime minister since a 2015 election.

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She will be appointed prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Tuesday

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