Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975), known as Liz Truss, is a British politician. She is the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade since July 2019 in Boris Johnson's cabinet. She was the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2017 to 2019 and Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. Truss was born in Oxford. She was educated at the University of Oxford.