Liz Truss has become the new United Kingdom prime minister as she defeated Indian-origin Rishi Sunak by over 20,000 votes. The race to succeed Boris Johnson concluded today, 5 September with polls indicating Truss was far ahead of her opponent Rishi Sunak.
The pair both undertook fierce leadership campaigns, clashing bitterly over the economy as they came face to face in various TV debates. With this wins, Truss has become UK's third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
But just who is she, where is she from, who is she married to, and do they have children together? Here’s all you need to know.
Who is Liz Truss' husband?
Liz Truss is married to Hugh O'Leary, an accountant.
The couple first met in 1997 at the Tory Party conference, with Truss recalling their first date in a 2019 interview with You magazine, saying: ‘I invited him ice-skating and he sprained his ankle.
The couple were married in 2000. Their union hit a rocky patch in 2006, after her affair with the then-married Tory MP Mark Field was made public. In thh same 2019 interview, when asked about the affair Truss responded: “I am really happily married.”
Later that year, she has also posted pictures of her and O'Leary on social media describing him as the love of her life. Truss and O'Leary have two daughters, Frances, 16, and Liberty, 13.
While Truss has sought to keep them away from the spotlight, she has more recently revealed that she is enlisting their help in her leadership campaign – with Frances assisting on the social media front.
‘My oldest daughter’s working on the digital team,’ Truss told the Telegraph.
‘She’s done a computing GCSE so she’s helping out on that. And my younger daughter was there as well, giving general political advice.’
The couple split their time between London and their home in Thetford, Norfolk, which is in Truss's constituency.
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