According to the BBC, the results of the British Conservative Party leader election were released on the 5th, and Foreign Secretary Teras was elected party leader. With the Conservative Party holding a majority in the British House of Representatives, the winner of the party leader election will automatically become the new prime minister.
In early July, the current British Prime Minister Johnson decided to resign under pressure from all walks of life, and the Conservative Party went through five rounds of voting, and finally Foreign Secretary Traus defeated former Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak and was elected. This election made history, the youngest female prime minister in the United Kingdom, and Truss, known as the "New Iron Lady", became the third female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Tras belongs to the "post-70s", quite popular at the grassroots level, coupled with the reputation of the "Iron Lady", she has served in cameron, Teresa, Johnson three governments, her life goal is to "become the second Margaret Thatcher".
>> experience
Thatcher's die-hard fans,
The second female foreign secretary in British history
Terrass was born in Oxford in 1975 to the son of a professor of mathematics and a nurse to a nurse mother. When she was a child, her parents took her to a protest against Margaret Thatcher, and she became a die-hard fan of Margaret Thatcher.
In 1983, at the age of 8, Tras played "Margaret Thatcher" in a play rehearsed by the school, which she later recalled seemed to hint at her future political leanings, in which she would choose political beliefs that were very different from those of her parents.
Tras and rival Sunak are alumni, and both attend Oxford University. In college, Truss was actively involved in the political clubs on campus, initially joining the Liberal Democrats and later joining the Conservative Party. After graduating, she worked as an accountant at Shell and the Great Eastern Telegraph Company in the UK. However, her life goals and political ambitions always fell on the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament).
In 2010, after two unsuccessful parliamentary elections, Tras was elected to Congress and served in cameron, Teresa and Johnson's cabinets. In 2012, she was appointed Secretary of State for Education and began her career in the government sector, where she was seen as a rising star in British politics and her career was rapidly rising.
In 2016, Theresa appointed her Minister of Justice and the following year became Chief Secretary of the Treasury, a central position in the government's economic program. In 2019, Johnson became Prime Minister and Tras was transferred to The International Trade Secretary. In September 2021, Johnson reshuffled the cabinet and she became the second female foreign secretary in British history.
>> marriage
Once in love with a political mentor,
He was exposed to an extramarital affair and risked self-destruction
In 1997, Terrass met her husband, Hugh Orieri, a graduate of the London School of Economics, at a Conservative Party convention and married in 2000, after which they had two daughters.
Like Terrass, Orlyrie is an accountant. In an interview, Tras thanked her husband for his support: "Whenever I want to discuss econometrics or economic policy in the middle of the night, there is always someone present. ”
However, the marriage of the two has experienced an "extramarital affair" storm. In 2006, Tras broke out with her political mentor, Conservative politician Mark Field, and she was unable to run for Parliament, almost losing her political future.
In 2001, Truss represented the Conservative Party in the parliamentary election, and although he was ultimately defeated, he greatly narrowed the votes of both parties, which made the Conservatives shine. So the Conservatives arranged for then-MP Field to serve as her political mentor to nurture the party's rising star. Unexpectedly, the two had a long-term relationship, and they both cheated on each other when they were married. The affair lasted about 18 months until June 2005, when it was not known.
In 2006, Tras again represented the Conservative Party in the parliamentary elections. However, the Daily Mail broke the news of her extramarital affair with her political mentor Field, who eventually divorced, and Although Tras kept the marriage, he was disqualified. In 2009, when she ran for Parliament again, some Conservatives believed that her infidelity to her husband would damage the party's image and put her at risk of ruining her career again, and the Conservative Party finally voted to decide the matter, voting 132 to 37 to retain her eligibility, and she was successfully elected to Parliament.
>> policy
Clamoring for "toughness toward China",
Frequent tough remarks against China and Russia
The Associated Press noted that Mr. Truss is very popular within the Conservative Party and often topped the list in support surveys. She is a fan of Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" of the United Kingdom, and her goal in life is to "become the second Margaret Thatcher". She also used this to shape her own image, whether posing on a British Army tank or wearing the bow shirt that was often worn with Thatcher, reminiscent of that of Thatcher during the Cold War, which also attracted many Conservatives who worshiped Thatcher.
Some analysts believe that Truss's recent frequent tough remarks against Russia and China are paving the way for the prime minister's position. Since becoming foreign minister, she has taken a tough stance on China. She has also repeatedly made high-profile calls for the British government to adjust its policy towards China and "take China harder, especially in the area of trade.".
Earlier, in order to run for prime minister, Tras once again made a big fuss about China, clamoring for "being tough on China." She said that if she is elected british prime minister, she may officially label China as a "threat".
In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian responded: "I would like to advise individual British politicians to talk about China at every turn and clamor for the so-called 'China threat theory', which is irresponsible and cannot solve Britain's own problems." ”
Tras has publicly stated that she is "willing to start a nuclear war" if she becomes prime minister. "I am ready to open the UK's nuclear arsenal and will not hesitate to press the nuclear button if necessary, even if it means global destruction," she said. ”
Britain declared its possession of nuclear weapons in 1952 and was one of five nuclear-armed states that formally agreed to and signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), with 225 nuclear warheads. Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the risk of global nuclear war has continued to rise. As a result of "unacceptable remarks" made by Tras, Russia briefly declared it on nuclear alert.
Huashang Daily reporter Guo Ji compiled and edited by Yang Dehe
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