If it's not the pictures of her standing atop a tank in a nod to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, it's the moment when she vented her anger over cheese imports into Britain that made Liz Truss something of a household name.
For many, she was a figure of fun. But for those in the governing Conservative Party who had to choose Boris Johnson's successor, it was her conversion to avid Brexit supporter and her offer of tax cuts that propelled her to become Britain's next prime minister.
Some lawmakers said the 57% of the vote she claimed in the membership ballot was closer than expected, raising concerns over whether she can get lawmakers on board after more had voted for Sunak in the first round of the contest. She criticised the monarchy when a member of the centrist Liberal Democrats at the University of Oxford, and described her conversion to conservatism as a "rebellion" spurred by a belief that people "should succeed on merit".Rishi Suna claps as Liz Truss takes to the stage at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre e on the day it is announced that she is the new Conservative party leader, and will become the next Prime Minister, in London, Britain September 5, 2022.
She has modelled herself as a strident critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but some fear her robust stance on Russia's war could ratchet up tensions to perilous levels. Truss has also warned China to learn lessons from the West's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said Beijing would face consequences if it did not "play by the rules".
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