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NAMEElizabeth Truss
PARTYConservative
POSITIONSecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
PUBLICWHIP LINKhttp://publicwhip.com/mp.php?mpid=40560
CABINETFalse
CONSTITUENCYSouth West Norfolk
EMAILmailto:defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk%20
WEBSITEhttp://www.elizabethtruss.com/
TWITTERwww.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
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PARLIAMENT LINKView Parliament profile
Elizabeth Mary "Liz" Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since the 2010 general election. Since 15 July 2014, she has served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Truss grew up in a left-wing family in Paisley and Leeds, before graduating at the University of Oxford. She worked in sales and as an economist, before becoming deputy director at the think-tank Reform. She was elected in 2010 for South West Norfolk.
As a backbencher, Truss called for reform in a number of policy areas, including childcare, maths education, and the economy. She founded the Free Enterprise Group of Conservative MPs. She has authored and co-authored a number of papers and books, including After the Coalition (2011) and Britannia Unchained (2012).
In September 2012, she was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for education and childcare in the Department for Education.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Truss
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