Santo Santoro

The Honourable Santo Santoro
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	(1956-04-27) 27 April 1956 (age 68) Sicily, Italy
Nationality	Italian 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.