Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister of the UK following Boris Johnson ’s exit.
The Tory leadership battle boiled down to two candidates – Truss and Rishi Sunak – with polls from the very beginning showing party members favoured Truss.
Now that Truss, 47, is PM, her husband Hugh O’Leary will be joining her at No10.
He hasn’t followed the political life himself, though he has always been Truss’ biggest supporter over the course of their 20-year marriage.
Who is Liz Truss’ husband Hugh O'Leary?
Both Truss and her husband Hugh O'Leary are qualified accountants, though he has pursued it further as a career.
He continues to work as an accountant to this day after attending the London School of Economics.
His age and birthday are not public knowledge, though he is believed to be a similar age to Truss, who is 47.
The pair met back in 1997 during a Tory party conference.
Truss spoke of the day they met in an interview with You magazine in 2019, saying: “I invited him ice-skating and he sprained his ankle.”
They married three years later in 2000 though their marriage hasn’t been plain sailing after an affair rocked the relationship.
What happened with Liz Truss’ affair?
In 2006, their marriage was tested when Truss’ affair with Tory MP Mark Field was publicly exposed.
When she was 25 years old, the budding political hopeful had already impressed the Conservative party.
In a move to improve her political chances of securing a more winnable seat, Mark Field, the then Shadow Minister for London, was assigned as her mentor.
Their affair lasted 18 months until it ended in June 2005, with news breaking out about it the following year.
The Daily Mail asked O’Leary about the affair, to which he responded: “I don’t want to talk about it.”
Later, in 2019, Truss spoke to You magazine, saying: “I am really happily married.”
What is Liz Truss’ real name?
Liz Truss is just an abbreviated name, though she forgoes her actual first name entirely.
Her full name is Mary Elizabeth Truss but from an early age she started being known by her middle name only – Elizabeth.
Over time, it was shorted to Liz, which has now stuck.
She becomes the second Prime Minister in a row to use their middle name instead of the first.
Boris Johnson’s full name is actually Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.
