Elizabeth Truss
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The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP |
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Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor |
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Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Michael Gove |
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Owen Paterson |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Leadsom |
| Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 15 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sarah Teather (Minister of State for Schools and Families) |
| Succeeded by | Nick Gibb |
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Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher Fraser |
| Majority | 13,861 (27.7%) |
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Mary Elizabeth Truss 26 July 1975 Oxford, England, UK |
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Liberal Democrats (before 1996) Conservative (1996–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Hugh O'Leary |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Website | Official website |
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" TrussPC MP (born 26 July 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor in 2016. She is the first female Lord Chancellor in the thousand-year history of the role (if not counting Eleanor of Provence in 1253). She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010.
After graduating from the University of Oxford in 1996, Truss worked in sales, as an economist, and was deputy director at the think-tank Reform, before becoming a member of parliament at the 2010 general election. As a backbencher, she called for reform in a number of policy areas, including childcare, maths education, and the economy. She founded the Free Enterprise Group of Conservative MPs, and authored or co-authored a number of papers and books, including After the Coalition (2011) and Britannia Unchained (2012).
Truss was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2012 to 2014, with responsibility for education and childcare in the Department for Education. She was the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2014 to 2016. On 14 July 2016, she was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by Theresa May, succeeding Michael Gove.
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