Lillian Moss
The Profound Estimable Dame Lillian Moss | |
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.jpg) Moss in 2021 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 4 May 2005 – 5 December 2017 | |
| Leader | Walter Johannes |
| Preceded by | Dillon Panthing |
| Succeeded by | Bridget L. Ghalmarsi |
| Chairwoman of the Baltassar Committee | |
| Assumed office 6 March 2018 | |
| Leader | Walter Johannes Berowalt Ase Benjamin Wardola |
| Preceded by | Richard Hove |
| Succeeded by | Darren Fox |
| Secretary of State for Justice | |
| In office 6 December 1996 – 2 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Rigby Harlow |
| Succeeded by | Darren Fox |
| Secretary of State for Education | |
| In office 22 March 1996 – 6 December 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Jamie Eden |
| Succeeded by | Kim Thorn |
| Minister of State for Universities | |
| In office 15 May 1993 – 22 March 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Oliver Button |
| Succeeded by | Ghenner Lavel |
| MP for Knotting Downs and Mard | |
| Assumed office 20 October 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Calvin Hubbard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lillian Daphne Eagles 12 February 1956 Carrington, Staynes |
| Political party | Principles |
| Spouse | Edwin Moss |
| Residence | Cableton, Knotting Downs |
Dame Lillian Daphne Moss (née Eagles; born 12 February 1956) is a Morstaybishlian politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2005 to 2017 and has served as Head of the Baltassar Committee since 2018. Serving in the cabinet of four Podite prime ministers, she served as Minister of State for Universities from 1993 to 1996 under Sinkasa, Secretary of State for Education in 1996 under Tharen and Secretary of State for Justice from 1996 to 1998 under Dillow. A prolific politician of the past thirty years, Moss has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knotting Downs and Mard since 1981.
Born in Cableton, Knotting Downs, Moss left school in 1972 with four qualifications. After working four jobs, Moss entered the finance sector with a career at Golding Smithant. She was elected as a councillor in Carrington South, and later an MP at the 1981 general election. Initially serving as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families before being appointed a minister. In 1996, following a change of prime ministership, she was promoted to the Cabinet by Aveline Tharen as Education Secretary, later being moved to become Justice Secretary the same year. During the Rothgerus administration, she held numerous shadow cabinet positions, most notably Shadow Chancellor.
Moss was a supporter of Walter Johannes as Leader of the Principles in the 2004 party election, later becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer under him after his electoral victory in 2005. The first female chancellor, Moss also became the longest, serving for twelve and a half years. It has remained unclear to this day why she tendered her resignation in 2017, though Moss referred to it as "something I didn't regret".
Moss received a damehood in 2019. Her husband Edwin Moss is the great-grandnephew of Frederick Alderman through his marriage to Erica Moss, his great-grandaunt.