What was her professional experience prior to being elected as a member of parliament in 2010

Liz Truss had the following experience and qualifications that informed her candidacy for Prime Minister:

Studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1996- .

President of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats and member of the national executive committee of Liberal Democrat Youth and Students; later joined the Conservative Party- .

• Commercial manager at Royal Dutch Shell, where she qualified as a management accountant
• Economic director at Cable & Wireless Communications (2000–2005)
• Deputy director of the think tank Reform (2008–2010)

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