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Potret Liz Truss, PM Tersingkat dalam Sejarah Inggris

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Kamis, 20/10/2022 22:14 WIB

Liz Truss memutuskan untuk mundur dari jabatan perdana menteri (PM) Inggris Kamis (20/10/2022). Padahal ia baru menjabat 45 hari.

1/6 LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The  Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Perdana Menteri (PM) Inggris Liz Truss memutuskan untuk mundur dari jabatannya pada Kamis (20/10/2022). Hal ini dilakukannya setelah kondisi ekonomi Negeri Big Ben itu belum membaik. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
2/6 LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The  Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Truss, dalam sebuah pernyataan di luar Downing Street, mengaku tak mampu membalikan situasi perekonomian negara itu yang mengalami inflasi mencapai d iatas 10%.(Photo by Daniel Leal-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
3/6 LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The  Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
"Namun saya mengakui, mengingat situasinya, saya tidak dapat menyampaikan mandat di mana saya dipilih oleh Partai Konservatif. Karena itu saya telah berbicara dengan Yang Mulia Raja untuk mengumumkan bahwa saya mengundurkan diri sebagai pemimpin Partai Konservatif," ujarnya dikutip CNBC International. (Photo by Daniel Leal-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
4/6 LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The  Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Truss sendiri terpilih 6 September lalu. Ia sempat bertemu mendiang Ratu Inggris Elizabeth II di Kastil Balmoral di Ballater, Skotlandia. Keduanya bertatap muka dua hari sebelum Ratu mangkat. (Photo by JANE BARLOW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
5/6 LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The  Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Ia mendapatkan kursi itu setelah mengalahkan rekan se-partainya, Rishi Sunak, dengan 81.326 suara berbanding 60.399. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
6/6 LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The  Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Secara profil, Truss nyatanya memang bukanlah figur yang baru dalam perpolitikan Inggris. Sebelumnya, wanita 47 tahun yang bernama lengkap Elizabeth Truss itu menjabat sebagai Menteri Luar Negeri era Boris Johnson. (AFP via Getty Images/JUSTIN TALLIS)