What's the difference between placeman and placeseeker?
Placeman
Definition:
(n.) One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government.
Example Sentences:
(1) Moscow's placeman Najibullah lasted three years after the last Russian troops left before he made his fatal error of rejecting safe passage outside the capital, wrongly assuming he would be safe from the Taliban.
(2) America's placeman, Hamid Karzai, does not look likely to last that long.
(3) First came liberation from the British; now comes liberation from the west's placeman, and indeed from the limiting western views of what is possible in Arab society.
(4) Labour members are expected to press him on his business ties and political links, and in particular will ask about his relationship to David Cameron amid concerns that Patten will be a political placeman at the top of the corporation.
(5) Could Boris already be seeking a placeman to run in his stead as London mayor in 2016?