Santo Santoro | |
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Minister for Ageing | |
In office 27 January 2006 – 16 March 2007 | |
Prime Minister | John Howard |
Preceded by | Julie Bishop |
Succeeded by | Christopher Pyne |
Senator for Queensland | |
In office 29 October 2002 – 11 April 2007 | |
Preceded by | John Herron |
Succeeded by | Sue Boyce |
Shadow Minister for Employment, Training, Industrial Relations of Queensland | |
In office 2 July 1998 – 19 June 2000 | |
Leader | Rob Borbidge |
Preceded by | Paul Braddy |
Succeeded by | Joan Sheldon |
In office 2 November 1992 – 19 February 1996 | |
Leader | Rob Borbidge |
Preceded by | Mark Stoneman |
Succeeded by | Paul Braddy |
Minister for Training and Industrial Relations of Queensland | |
In office 26 February 1996 – 26 June 1998 | |
Premier | Rob Borbidge |
Preceded by | Wendy Edmond (Training) Matt Foley (Industrial Relations) |
Succeeded by | Paul Braddy |
Deputy Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party | |
In office 24 September 1992 – 31 July 1995 | |
Leader | Joan Sheldon |
Preceded by | David Watson |
Succeeded by | Denver Beanland |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Clayfield Merthyr (1989–1992) | |
In office 13 May 1989 – 17 February 2001 | |
Preceded by | Don Lane |
Succeeded by | Liddy Clark |
Personal details | |
Born | Sicily, Italy | 27 April 1956
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Occupation | Businessman |
Santo Santoro (born 27 April 1956) is an Australian former politician and a former deputy leader of the Liberal Party in Queensland. 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. He now works as a lobbyist.