Herwig van Staa
Herwig van Staa (born 10 June 1942) was the governor of Tyrol from 2002 to 2008.
Herwig van Staa | |
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Herwig van Staa (2014) | |
| Governor of Tyrol | |
| In office 26 October 2002 – 1 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Wendelin Weingartner |
| Succeeded by | Günther Platter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1942 Linz, Upper Austria, Austria |
| Political party | ÖVP |
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.
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