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Warren Truss

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Also known as: Warren Errol Truss
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Warren Errol Truss
Born:
October 8, 1948, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia (age 76)
Political Affiliation:
the Nationals
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Warren Truss (born October 8, 1948, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian politician who served as leader of the Nationals (formerly [1982–2006] National Party of Australia) from 2007 to 2016. He also held various cabinet positions in Liberal-National coalition governments. Truss, who was from a farming family in the Kumbia district, an agricultural region near Kingaroy, became a grain farmer and entered public life through activity in agricultural and regional-promotion organizations. He belonged to the Queensland Graingrowers Association State Council (1979–90), and he served as deputy chair of Bulk Grains Queensland (1985–90) and chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional ...(100 of 421 words)

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