Liz Truss
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
Summary
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 2010 to 2024, Truss held various Cabinet positions under three prime ministers – David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson – lastly as foreign secretary from 2021 to 2022.
Originally created by Wereon
5/7/2010, 5:01:43 PM
Modified
5/25/2026, 8:32:42 PM
Recent revisions
Moving [[:Category:Secretaries of state for justice (UK)]] to [[:Category:British secretaries of state for justice]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]]
rv - PMs are not given numbers in UK
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/* Premiership (2022) */
/* External links */
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1351656221|1351656221]] by [[Special:Contributions/Billsmith60|Billsmith60]] ([[User talk:Billsmith60|talk]]) issue raised on [[Talk:Liz Truss|talk page]]
Rvt change to Merton: see edit summaries from several weeks ago about Oxford University being the awarding institution. Don't change back without going to Talk.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1351359942|1351359942]] by [[Special:Contributions/Profavi1|Profavi1]] ([[User talk:Profavi1|talk]]) rvt, see recent edit summaries
by convention, stating Oxford college in infobox
/* Early life and education (1975–1996) */ see prev
/* Early life and education (1975–1996) */ [[MOS:SANDWICH]] (the editor did some strange things with this: may revert)
Made 'don't insert deputy' comment uppercase
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1351083508|1351083508]] by [[Special:Contributions/UTMP1887|UTMP1887]] ([[User talk:UTMP1887|talk]]) rvt: you ignored the clearly placed comment *not to include this info.
Updated infobox to include deputy prime minister
