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Herwig van Staa
Austrian politician (born 1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herwig van Staa (born 10 June 1942) was the governor of Tyrol from 2002 to 2008.
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Quick Facts Governor of Tyrol, Preceded by ...
Herwig van Staa | |
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Governor of Tyrol | |
In office 26 October 2002 – 1 July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Wendelin Weingartner |
Succeeded by | Günther Platter |
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Born | (1942-06-10) 10 June 1942 (age 82) Linz, Reichsgau Oberdonau, Nazi Germany (now Upper Austria, Austria) |
Political party | ÖVP |
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Van Staa was born in Linz, Upper Austria. His father, who came from the Rhine area, worked as a technician in the steelworks in Linz and died in a sick bay in 1943 after military action on the Eastern Front. His mother came from an Austrian family and worked as a midwife. Van Staa attended primary school in Bad Leonfelden (Mühlviertel) and completed his secondary school studies in Wels, where he passed his 'A' levels in 1960.