Bob Katter

The Honourable
Bob Katter
MP
The Honourable Bob Katter MP
	Official portrait, 1993
Father of the House
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 April 2022
Preceded by	Kevin Andrews
Leader of the Katter's Australian Party
	In office; 5 June 2011 – 3 February 2020
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Robbie Katter
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Kennedy
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 March 1993
Preceded by	Rob Hulls
Premier
State positions; 1974–⁠1992
Minister for Mines and Energy and Northern and Regional Development
	In office; 25 September 1989 – 7 December 1989
Premier	Russell Cooper
Preceded by	Martin Tenni (Mines and Energy); Tom Gilmore (Northern Development, Community Services, and Ethnic Affairs)
Succeeded by	Rob Borbidge (Minerals); Tony McGrady; Keith De Lacy (Regional Development)
Minister for Community Services and Ethnic Affairs
	In office; 19 January 1989 – 28 August 1989
Premier	Mike Ahern
Preceded by	Himself (Northern Development, Community Services, and Ethnic Affairs)
Succeeded by	Tom Gilmore
Minister for Northern Development, Community Services and Ethnic Affairs
	In office; 9 December 1987 – 19 January 1989
Premier	Mike Ahern
Preceded by	Tom Gilmore
Succeeded by	Martin Tenni (Northern Development, Mines, and Energy); Himself (Community Services and Ethnic Affairs)
Minister for Northern Development and Community Services
	In office; 6 February 1986 – 1 December 1987
Premier	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded by	Himself (Northern Development and Aboriginal and Island Affairs)
Succeeded by	Bill Gunn
Minister for Northern Development and Aboriginal and Island Affairs
	In office; 7 November 1983 – 6 February 1986
Premier	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded by	Val Bird
Succeeded by	Himself (Northern Development and Community Services)
Member of the Queensland Parliament; for Flinders
	In office; 7 December 1974 – 19 September 1992
Preceded by	Bill Longeran
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter; 22 May 1945; Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Party	Katter's Australian (since 2011)
Other political; affiliations	National (until 2001); Independent (2001–2011)
Spouse	Susan O'Rourke (m. 1970)
Relations	Carl Katter (half-brother); Alex Douglas (nephew); See Katter family
Children	Robbie
Parent(s)	Bob Katter Sr.;
Education	Mount Carmel College; St Columba Catholic College
Website	Official website
Military service
Branch/service	Australian Army Reserve
Years of service	1964–1972
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
	Other offices 1983–1989: Chair, National Party Water Resources Committee (Qld) ; 1968–1973: Delegate, National Party State Council ; 1972–1974: Branch President, National Country Party;

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Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Kennedy since 1993 and father of the House since 2022. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992, holding various ministerial positions in the Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern, and Cooper governments.

Katter was born in Cloncurry, Queensland. His father, Bob Katter Sr., was also a politician. Katter was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1974 election for the electorate of Flinders. He was appointed to cabinet in 1983 under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and served a government minister until the National Party's defeat at the 1989 election.

Katter left state politics in 1992, and the following year was elected to federal parliament, sitting for the division of Kennedy, his father's former seat. He resigned from the National Party in the lead-up to the 2001 federal election, and has since been re-elected several times as an independent and as a member of Katter's Australian Party. His son, Robbie Katter, is a state MP in Queensland, the third generation of the Katter family to become a member of parliament.