Warren Truss
Warren Errol Truss AC (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government and the Turnbull government.[1] 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.[2][3][4] 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.
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Warren Truss
Anthony Albanese (Infrastructure and Transport)
Sharon Bird (Regional Development)
Darren Chester (Infrastructure and Transport)
Fiona Nash (Regional Development)
Mark Vaile
Liberal National (since 2008)
Nationals (until 2008)
Lyn Truss
Early life[edit]
Truss was born in the region of Kingaroy, Queensland. He attended Concordia Lutheran College in Toowoomba.[5] He was a bean farmer before he entered politics.[6] He was chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional Tourism Board and a councillor of the Shire of Kingaroy 1976–90.[7] He was Chairman of Kingaroy Shire Council from 1983 to 1990.[8]
Honours and awards[edit]
On 1 January 2001, Truss was awarded the Centenary Medal for "service as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry".[18]
In 2014, the South Burnett Regional Council named their Kingaroy Chambers the "Warren Truss Chamber" in recognition of Truss's time as Mayor of the former Kingaroy Shire.
Truss was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly in the areas of trade, transport, agriculture, and rural and regional development".[19]