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'''Dame Lillian Daphne Moss''' (''[[Wikipedia:Birth name|née]]'' '''Eagles'''; born 12 February 1956) is a [[Great Morstaybishlia|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 [[MBEPrinciples Conservativesof Democracy Party|ConservativePodite]] [[Prime Ministers of Great Morstaybishlia|prime ministers]], she served as Minister of State for Universities from 1993 to 1996 under [[Rupert Sinkasa|Sinkasa]], Secretary of State for Education in 1996 under [[Aveline Tharen|Tharen]] and Secretary of State for Justice from 1996 to 1998 under [[RamsayArzhel LogrinDillow|LogrinDillow]]. 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 Conservatives (MBE)|Leader of the ConservativesPrinciples]] in the 2004 party election, later becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer under him after his electoral victory in [[2005 Great Morstaybishlia General Election|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 [[Wikipedia:Dame|damehood]] in 2019.