Akwasi Addo Alfred Kwarteng is a British politician who served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 6 September to 14 October 2022 under Liz Truss and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2021 to 2022 under Boris Johnson. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne since 2010.
Official portrait, 2022
Kwarteng at a Policy Exchange event in 2012
Kwarteng as Business Secretary, on 11 January 2021
Kwarteng's official Cabinet portrait, September 2022
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010, Truss previously held various Cabinet positions under three prime ministers—David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson—lastly as foreign secretary from 2021 to 2022.
Official portrait, 2022
Merton College, Oxford, where Truss studied (pictured in 2023)
David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016
Official portrait, 2014