So we now know Liz Truss will become the new UK prime minister after her victory in the Conservative Party leadership race. But what do we know about the 47-year-old?
In many ways, Mary Elizabeth Truss is not a conventional Tory.
Born in Oxford in 1975, she has described her father - a mathematics professor - and her mother - a nurse - as “left-wing”
As a young girl, her mother took part in marches for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - an organisation vehemently opposed to the Thatcher government's decision to allow US nuclear warheads to be installed at RAF Greenham Common, west of London.
After moving to Paisley, just west of Glasgow, when she was four, the family then decamped once more to Leeds, where she attended a state secondary school.
She went onto study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, where she was active in student politics - initially for the Liberal Democrats, before switching to the Conservatives.
After graduating, she worked as an accountant for the oil and gas company Shell, as well as telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. She married fellow accountant Hugh O’Leary in 2000. They have two children.
Find out more about Liz Truss here and listen to a profile of her with Newscast here.
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