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Liz Truss speaks after being announced as Britain’s next Prime Minister at The Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Britain, on September 5, 2022. — Picture by REUTERS

Liz Truss becomes UK’s 3rd female premier, replacing Boris Johnson

LONDON, Sept 5 — Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has won the Tory leadership race, the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee announced on Monday.

Truss, 46, received votes from 81,326 of the party members, whereas her rival contender Rishi Sunak received 60,399 votes, Anadolu Agency reported the announcement made by committee chairman Sir Graham Brady.

Truss will replace Boris Johnson as the country’s new prime minister and she is to become the third female prime minister of the UK after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

Truss is expected to receive the duty of forming a new government from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday.

— Bernama

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