Santo Santoro

Santo Santoro
Minister for Ageing
In office
27 January 2006  16 March 2007
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byJulie Bishop
Succeeded byChristopher Pyne
Senator for Queensland
In office
29 October 2002  11 April 2007
Preceded byJohn Herron
Succeeded bySue Boyce
Shadow Minister for Employment, Training, Industrial Relations of Queensland
In office
2 July 1998  19 June 2000
LeaderRob Borbidge
Preceded byPaul Braddy
Succeeded byJoan Sheldon
In office
2 November 1992  19 February 1996
LeaderRob Borbidge
Preceded byMark Stoneman
Succeeded byPaul Braddy
Minister for Training and Industrial Relations of Queensland
In office
26 February 1996  26 June 1998
PremierRob Borbidge
Preceded byWendy Edmond (Training)
Matt Foley (Industrial Relations)
Succeeded byPaul Braddy
Deputy Leader of the
Queensland Liberal Party
In office
24 September 1992  31 July 1995
LeaderJoan Sheldon
Preceded byDavid Watson
Succeeded byDenver Beanland
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Clayfield
Merthyr (1989–1992)
In office
13 May 1989  17 February 2001
Preceded byDon Lane
Succeeded byLiddy Clark
Personal details
Born (1956-04-27) 27 April 1956
Sicily, Italy
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationBusinessman

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.