Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
John Rosso | |
Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea[1] |
Primeminister: | James Marape |
Term Start: | 25 May 2022 |
Predecessor: | Sam Basil |
Office1: | Minister for Lands and Physical Planning |
Primeminister1: | James Marape |
Term Start1: | 7 June 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Justin Tkatchenko |
Office2: | Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea |
Constituency2: | Lae Open |
Term Start2: | August 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Loujaya Kouza |
Party: | Pangu Party |
Nationality: | Papua New Guinean |
Profession: | Business |
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-Rosso Government.
Rosso has been active in private enterprise and is the owner of FTM Construction and ESS Security Systems.[2]
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.