{{short description|Papua New Guinea politician}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:John Rosso}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = MP | name = John Rosso | image = John Rosso Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea in 2024 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Rosso in 2024 | birth_date = | birth_place = | office = Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emtv.com.pg/rosso-formally-sworn-in-as-deputy-pm/|title=Rosso Formally Sworn In as Deputy PM |work=EMTV Online|date=26 May 2022|access-date=28 May 2022}}</ref> | prime_minister = James Marape | term_start = 25 May 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = Sam Basil | successor = | office1 = Minister for Lands and Physical Planning | prime_minister1 = James Marape | term_start1 = 7 June 2019 | term_end1 = | 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 | 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.
==Career== Rosso has been active in private enterprise and is the owner of FTM Construction and ESS Security Systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/rosso-new-mp-lae/|title=Rosso is new MP for Lae|accessdate=28 December 2019}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/new-lae-mp-confident-his-switch-to-government-is/8992274|title=New Lae MP confident his switch to government is the right decision|accessdate=28 December 2019}}</ref> 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 == {{reflist}} {{Deputy prime ministers of Papua New Guinea}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosso, John}} Category:Living people Category:Pangu Pati politicians Category:Deputy prime ministers of Papua New Guinea Category:Government ministers of Papua New Guinea Category:Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Category:Year of birth missing (living people)