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Warren truss

The Honourable
Warren Truss
Warren Truss Portrait 2010.jpg
16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
In office
18 September 2013 – 18 February 2016
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by Anthony Albanese
Succeeded by Barnaby Joyce
Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
In office
18 September 2013 – 18 February 2016
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by Anthony Albanese (Infrastructure and Transport)
Sharon Bird (Regional Development)
Succeeded by Darren Chester (Infrastructure and Transport)
Fiona Nash (Regional Development)
Leader of the National Party
In office
3 December 2007 – 11 February 2016
Deputy Nigel Scullion
Barnaby Joyce
Preceded by Mark Vaile
Succeeded by Barnaby Joyce
Minister for Trade
In office
10 August 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime Minister John Howard
Preceded by Mark Vaile
Succeeded by Simon Crean
Minister for Transport and Regional Services
In office
6 July 2005 – 10 August 2006
Prime Minister John Howard
Preceded by John Anderson
Succeeded by Mark Vaile
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
In office
20 July 1999 – 6 July 2005
Prime Minister John Howard
Preceded by Mark Vaile
Succeeded by Peter McGauran
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Wide Bay
In office
24 March 1990 – 9 May 2016
Preceded by Clarrie Millar
Succeeded by Llew O'Brien
Personal details
Born Warren Errol Truss
(1948-10-08) 8 October 1948 (age 68)
Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Political party National Party (Federal)
Liberal National Party (State)
Other political
affiliations
Coalition
Spouse(s) Lyn Truss
Website Official website
Warren Truss on Twitter

Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott Government and the Turnbull Government. Truss served as the federal leader of the National Party of Australia (The Nationals) between 2007 and 11 February 2016 when he announced his decision to retire and not contest the 2016 federal election. He was the member of the House of Representatives for Wide Bay from the 1990 election until his retirement in May 2016. Following the merger of the Queensland branches of the Nationals and Liberals, Truss was re-elected in 2010 for the Liberal National Party.

Truss was born in the region of Kingaroy, Queensland. He attended a small state school and was a bean farmer before he entered politics. He was chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional Tourism Board and a councillor of the Shire of Kingaroy 1976–90. He was Chairman of Kingaroy Shire Council from 1983 to 1990.

Truss's first attempt at a parliamentary seat was in the Queensland state parliament as the Nationals candidate at the 1988 Barambah by-election, triggered by the retirement of former premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. However, Truss lost in an upset to the Citizens Electoral Council candidate Trevor Perrett, who later joined the National Party.


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