Prader, Georg#

b. St. Poelten (Lower Austria), June 15, 1917, d. Vienna, March 16, 1985, civil servant of the provincial government and politician (Austrian People´s Party, OeVP). 1967-1975 OeVP-party chairman in the province of Lower Austria, 1968 chairman of the Austrian Federation of Workers and Employees (OeAAB) of Lower Austria, 1954-1959 member of the Bundesrat, 1959-1979 member of the Nationalrat. As Federal Minister of Defence (1964-1970) pushed through the purchase of Saab interceptors. strongly influenced the personnel decisions of the OeVP.