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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. Since her appointment as Environment Secretary, Truss has been subject to international criticism for being a key player in the UK's shift away from clean energy.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34555821 UN's chief environment scientist criticises UK's recent poor environmental record〕 ==Early life== Truss was raised in a northern, left-wing household; her father, John Truss, is a professor of pure mathematics at the University of Leeds; her mother was a nurse, teacher, and member of the CND. Truss has described both as being "to the left of Labour".〔 When Truss later ran for election to Parliament, her mother agreed to campaign for her but her father due to his politics declined to do so.〔 Truss attended a state primary school in Paisley, in Scotland,〔 followed by Roundhay School, a comprehensive school in north-east Leeds. She lived in Canada for a year, and contrasts the competitive attitude in schooling there with the "trendy" education she received in Leeds.〔 Amongst her A-levels, Truss studied both Ordinary Maths and Advanced Maths. She read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Merton College, Oxford. After graduation in 1996, she worked for Shell as a commercial manager and Cable & Wireless as economics director, and became a qualified management accountant.〔("Biography" ), Elizabeth Truss' official website〕 Truss became the deputy director of Reform in January 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guardian contributor page )〕 where she advocated more rigorous academic standards in schools, a greater focus on tackling serious and organised crime, and urgent action to deal with Britain's falling competitiveness. She co-authored ''The Value of Mathematics''〔("The value of mathematics" ), Reform, June 2008〕 and ''A New Level''〔("A new level" ), Reform, June 2009〕 amongst other reports. Truss was President of Oxford University Liberal Democrats and expressed republican sentiments at the 1994 Liberal Democrats conference.〔(Truss flirted with Lib Dems before embracing Tories ), ''The Times'', 17 July 2014〕〔(Liberal Democrat conference: the spirit of Roy Jenkins lives on ), ''The Guardian'', 4 September 2012〕 Truss joined the Conservative Party in 1996. She served as the chairman of the Lewisham Deptford Conservative Association from 1998 to 2000.〔 She was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Greenwich in 2006, standing down in 2010, shortly before the end of her term of office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Truss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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