Following the scandal-ridden Boris Johnson's resignation, former Secretary of State for Foreign Liz Truss has been chosen to become the next UK Prime Minister. On Tuesday, she officially took the title after meeting the late Queen in Balmoral Castle in Scotland. With the UK devastated by the loss of its longest-reigning monarch, and recent economic struggles due to the pandemic, Liz Truss is expected to steer the country out of difficulties. While the politician still has a long way to prove her prowess, let's take a look back at her rise to power.

Liz Truss was born on July 26, 1975, in England and grew up in a Leeds suburb. She was raised in a family full of knowledge as her father worked as a professor of mathematics and her mother was a nurse and a teacher.

She was an excellent student in her school days. From 1987 to 1993, she attended Roundhay school, which Truss felt disappointed about it. Although this was something that went against other students’ opinions, she still managed to graduate and got into Oxford.

The Prime Minister of England attended Merton College from 1993 to 1996 to major in politics, philosophy, and economics. Being the president of Oxford University Liberal Democrats, she demanded that monarchy should be abolished at the party’s meeting.

After Oxford, Truss became a graduate apprentice at Shell for 4 years from 1996 to 2000. This was the place that proved her accountancy skills and she received her qualification while staying here. As a result, she then turned into a commercial administrator.

Liz Truss went out as the Tory candidate for Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, in the 2001 general election, but she unfortunately lost. The ambitious woman tried again, just to suffer another defeat in Calder Valley, also in West Yorkshire, in 2005.

Following her time in Shell and Cable & Wireless, Liz Truss became a deputy director at the think tank Reform. From 2008 to 2010, she devoted herself greatly to the job before making her life-changing decision of attempting to be elected.

As Liz Truss was on Cameron’s A-list of priority candidates for the 2010 election, she was selected to stand for the safe seat of South West Norfolk. However, she quickly faced a battle against de-selection by the constituency Tory association, after it was revealed she had had an affair with Tory MP Mark Field some years earlier.

With her resilience, sage, and patience, Truss finally got her position as MP for South West Norfolk after several failures. She cooperated with Dominic Raab and Priti Patel to write the handout Britannia Unchained for the hard-right side in 2012.

Working as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education, the future Prime Minister focused on the significance of science, technology, engineering, and maths knowledge. She believed that STEM learning could have a great influence on the economy.

Being aware of her talents and dedication, Cameron nominated Truss as an Environment Secretary from 2014 to 2016. She made an inspiring speech at the conservative party conference and her image went viral with the saying ‘Britain imports two-thirds of its cheese. That.Is.A.Disgrace’.

One of Liz Truss’s regrets was that she was not able to fight for the judiciary being called ‘enemies of the people’. This happened when she was a justice secretary and Lord Chancellor for Theresa May from June 2016 to 2017. She is the first female Lord Chancellor for thousands of years.

Amid criticism that she was the culprit behind leaked cabinet Brexit tanks, Truss, as lord chancellor, is sacked after failing to defend judges who are accused of being 'enemies of the UK people'. As a result, she was demoted to Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Liz was moved to be Chief Secretary to the Treasury after the 2017 United Kingdom general election ended. Her role was so important as she took care of government spending programs, which were created by the chancellor at that moment, Philip Hammond.

In July 2019, the independent woman advocated Boris Johnson's bid to become Conservative leader. She praised him as a ‘fantastic person’, who would be a ‘great leader for our country’. At the end of the day, Jonny finally became the Prime Minister of England.

After getting the position of Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, she continued his journey as Minister for Women and Equalities in September 2019. Her focus was to change the focus on race and gender in inequality to ‘geographic inequality’.

From September 2021, Truss had to face a challenge as a foreign secretary that could only happen once in a lifetime, which was the war in Ukraine. She almost fueled a trade war with the EU when she tried to discard the Northern Ireland protocol.

Joining the race to replace the scandal-ridden Johnson, Truss was not highly regarded as Penny Mordaunt or Rishi Sunak. Thanks to her her campaign focusing on tax cuts and support from Johnson loyalists, however, she managed to beat Mordaunt and secured a place against Rishi in the final round.

The long-awaited moment finally came to Liz Truss in July 2022. She got first for the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election after Johnson's resignation, beating Rishi . She gained a lot of support from the time she backed and helped Boris Jonhson with his papers.

Liz Truss and Angela Rayner learned the news about the Queen’s situation when they were attending an energy crisis debate. When the new prime minister announced plans to raise bills, Liz was handed a note about her Queen and she was in shock. She later expressed her sadness and offered condolences to the country after Her Majesty's passing.