Warren Truss

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...