Santo Santoro
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The Honourable Santo Santoro |
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| Minister for Ageing | |
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In office 27 January 2006 – 16 March 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Julie Bishop |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Pyne |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 29 October 2002 – 11 April 2007 |
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| Preceded by | John Herron |
| Succeeded by | Sue Boyce |
| Minister for Training and Industrial Relations of Queensland | |
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In office 26 February 1996 – 26 June 1998 |
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| Premier | Rob Borbidge |
| Preceded by | Nev Warburton |
| Succeeded by | Paul Braddy |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Merthyr |
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In office 13 May 1989 – 19 September 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Don Lane |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Clayfield |
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In office 19 September 1992 – 17 February 2001 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Liddy Clark |
| Personal details | |
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27 April 1956 Sicily, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Santo Santoro (born 27 April 1956) is a former Australian politician and member of the Liberal party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1989 to 2001; and a member of the Australian Senate from 2002 to 2007, representing the state of Queensland. He resigned from John Howard's ministry and from the Senate in the wake of a number of breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct and of the Register of Senators' Interests.
Born in Sicily, Italy in 1956, Santoro emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 5. He was educated at Marist College Rosalie in Brisbane before attending the University of Queensland, where he was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics with honours.
Santoro was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as Liberal member for Merthyr in Brisbane from 13 May 1989 until 19 September 1992. He was then elected as member for Clayfield from 19 September 1992 until he was defeated on 17 February 2001 by Liddy Clark. From 26 February 1996 to 26 June 1998, he was the State Minister for Training and Industrial Relations.
He was also the deputy leader of the State Liberal Party from 1992 to 1995.
On 29 October 2002, Santoro was selected by the Queensland Parliament to replace Senator John Herron, who had resigned from the Senate to become Australia's Ambassador to Ireland.
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