Warren Truss facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Honourable Warren Truss AC
Truss in 2010
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 Elections: 2010, 2013
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 – 2 July 2016
Preceded by	Clarrie Millar
Succeeded by	Llew O'Brien
Personal details
Born	Warren Errol Truss (1948-10-08) 8 October 1948 (age 74) Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Political party	National Party (Federal) Liberal National Party (State)
Other political affiliations	Coalition
Spouse(s)	Lyn Truss
Website	Official website: http://www.warrentruss.com/ Warren Truss on Twitter

Warren Errol Truss, AC (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.

Early life

Truss was born in the region of Kingaroy, Queensland. He attended Concordia Lutheran College in Toowoomba. He 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.

Honours and awards

On 1 January 2001, Truss was awarded the Centenary Medal for "service as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry".

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".