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Revision as of 12:44, 23 December 2022

The Honourable
John Rosso
MP
Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea[1]
Assumed office
25 May 2022
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Preceded bySam Basil
Minister for Lands and Physical Planning
Assumed office
7 June 2019
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Preceded byJustin Tkatchenko
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Assumed office
August 2017
Preceded byLoujaya Kouza
ConstituencyLae Open
Personal details
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Political partyPangu Party
ProfessionBusiness

John Rosso is a Papua New Guinea politician and Member of the 10th Parliament of Papua New Guinea. He is also a businessman, and owns two companies based in Lae. Elected as an independent, he joined the Pangu Party shortly after the election. He is currently Minister for Lands and Physical Planning in the Marape-Steven Government.

Career

Rosso has been active in private enterprise and is the owner of FTM Construction and ESS Security Services.[2] He was once employed as a bouncer at the Club 69 nightclub in Lae run by Madang Open MP Bryan Jared Kramer.

Rosso was first elected to the Lae Open seat in the 2017 General Elections as an independent candidate. He subsequently joined Pangu Party (Pangu Pati).[3] He was appointed Minister for Lands & Physical Planning in the government of James Marape and was sworn in to office on 7 June 2019.

References

  1. ^ "Rosso Formally Sworn In as Deputy PM". EMTV Online. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Rosso is new MP for Lae". Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "New Lae MP confident his switch to government is the right decision". Retrieved 28 December 2019.