(1971-03-02) 2 March 1971 (age 53) Vorau, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria, Austria
Political party
Freedom Party
Spouse
Verena Malus
Children
4
Website
Parliament website
Norbert Gerwald Hofer (German:[ˈnɔɐ̯b̥ɛɐ̯tˈhoːfɐ]; born 2 March 1971) is an Austrian politician who served as Leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) from June 2019 to June 2021. He previously was Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology from 2017 to 2019 under Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Hofer served as Third President of the National Council from 2013 to 2017. He was his party's candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Hofer won the first round, receiving 35.1%, but was defeated by The Greens' candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, 53.8% against 46.2%, in the final runoff (an earlier runoff was invalidated).
He later served as Minister for Transport in the first Kurz government from 2017 to 2019. He became Leader of the Freedom Party in September 2019, after holding the office in an acting capacity from May to September 2019.
He stepped down as party leader in 2021 after losing a power struggle with Herbert Kickl.
Norbert Gerwald Hofer (German: [ˈnɔɐ̯b̥ɛɐ̯t ˈhoːfɐ]; born 2 March 1971) is an Austrian politician who served as Leader of the Freedom Party of Austria...
out of six in the first round before winning the second round against NorbertHofer, a member of the Freedom Party. On 1 July, before he was due to be sworn...
as FPÖ top candidate and leader NorbertHofer. He became chairman of the FPÖ faction after the election. Kickl and Hofer were considered unofficial "dual...
elected for a third successive term. In the first round of the election, NorbertHofer of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) received the most votes. Alexander...
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announced that he would resign as FPÖ leader and vice chancellor, with NorbertHofer replacing him as FPÖ leader. On 19 May Kurz tore up the coalition agreement...
fell jointly to the three presidents of the National Council – Kopf, NorbertHofer (Freedom Party), and Doris Bures (Social Democratic Party). Alexander...
presidential election, exit polls correctly pointed to a narrow lead for NorbertHofer among those who voted at a polling station. However, the postal votes...
office in January 2020, with Sebastian Kurz returning as Chancellor. NorbertHofer announced his resignation as leader of the Freedom Party in June 2021...
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fell jointly to the three presidents of the National Council – Bures, NorbertHofer, and Karlheinz Kopf. Alexander Van der Bellen was elected President...
second with 18% of the votes, far short of what his party colleague NorbertHofer received in 2016. Three other right-wing candidates (Tassilo Wallentin...
In the 2016 Austrian presidential election, Freedom Party candidate NorbertHofer won the first round of the election, receiving 35.1% of the vote, making...
Alexander Van der Bellen to formally dismiss Strache. Strache nominated NorbertHofer, who is Infrastructure and Traffic Minister as well as deputy chairman...
mandate via the national list. As a result, the federal party chairman NorbertHofer and the designated club Chairman Herbert Kickl immediately declared...
The Second President is Doris Bures (SPÖ), and the Third President is NorbertHofer (FPÖ). "National Council activity". National Council. Retrieved 22 July...
between NorbertHofer of the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria and Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent endorsed by The Greens. Hofer announced...
won the second-round run-off against the far-right Freedom Party's NorbertHofer with 53.8% of the votes, making him the first President of Austria who...
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during the following year. However, during 2018, Transport Minister NorbertHofer announced that the tunnel's rate of construction had been significantly...
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