UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns after 6 Weeks in Office Thursday, October 20, 2022
Downing Street, United Kingdom (UK) –United Kingdom Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has resigned barely six weeks after assuming the position thus making her the shortest ever serving PM in the UK .
Truss announced her resignation in a statement outside Downing Street on Thursday, October 20.
She said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected as Tory leader and had notified the King that she was resigning
A Conservative leadership election will be completed within the next week, she said “I will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen,” she said
Truss’s premiership has been in turmoil since her mini-budget last month, which rocked markets and was later scrapped by her new chancellor
The resignation of her home secretary on Wednesday and a chaotic vote in the Commons sealed her fate