Liz Truss to be appointed new prime minister of UK

The long-running race to succeed Boris Johnson as the United Kingdom's prime minister reached the finish line on Monday when Liz Truss was declared the winner of the vote to lead the ruling Conservative Party.

In the final round of a leadership race that started in July, Truss went head-to-head against ex-chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, with the foreign secretary defeating the former finance minister by 81,326 to 60,399 votes－57.4 to 42.6 percent－in the poll of the Conservative Party membership.

The transfer of power will be made official on Tuesday when Johnson and Truss travel to Balmoral Castle in Scotland to get the royal seal of approval from Queen Elizabeth II.