UK has the 3rd female Prime Minister, Liz Truss who succeeds Boris Johnson

Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to be the new Prime Minister of Britain.

She beat her rival by 81,326 votes to 60,399, after a summer-long internal contest sparked by Boris Johnson's resignation in July. Long the front-runner in the race to replace Johnson, Truss will become the Conservatives' fourth prime minister since a 2015 election. 

Over that period the country has been buffeted from crisis to crisis, and now faces what is forecast to be a long recession triggered by sky-rocketing inflation which hit 10.1 per cent in July. 

Boris Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday to officially tender his resignation. 

His successor will follow him and be asked to form a government.

First female UK PM was Margaret Thatcher and the second was Theresa May!

Liz was born on the 26th of July, 1975 (47 years old).

Congratulations Liz!!