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Liz Truss
She won the Conservative leadership contest and became prime minister — then announced an economic plan that crashed the pound, collapsed her authority, and ended her premiership in forty-five days.
Born 1975
Life Journey
A rapid rise and an even faster fall in power
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1975
Early life
Liz Truss was born in England and raised in an academic household, shaping her early interest in ideas, debate, and public life.