Günther Platter is an Austrian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

(

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) and is the current

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

after his predecessor

Herwig van Staa Herwig van Staa (born 10 June 1942) was the governor of Tyrol from 2002 to 2008. 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 ...

. Before becoming governor, Platter served as

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

and as

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

Bischof, Gunther & Anton Pelinka, eds. ''The Americaization/Westernization of Austria.'' Contemporary Austrian Studies, vol. 12. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2004. 312. in the cabinets of Gusenbauer and Schüssel. 28 February 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Platter, Gunther Austrian Ministers of Defence 1954 births Living people People from Zams Interior Ministers of Austria Governors of Tyrol Austrian People's Party politicians 21st-century Austrian politicians