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Norbert Hofer
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Austrian politician (born 1971)
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Norbert Hofer is an Austrian politician and engineer. Born in Vorau in 1971, he is a member of the Austrian Freedom Party. His professional background includes employment with Lauda Air and the Austrian Federal Government. He has worked in Vienna and Eisenstadt, and currently resides in Pinkafeld. Hofer speaks Austrian German and German.
He has been a candidate in several Austrian legislative elections, including those in 2013, 2017, and 2019, as well as the 2016 Austrian presidential election. Hofer was part of the First Kurz government. His personal history includes military service and an aviation accident. He has four children and has a medical condition described as paresis.
Hofer has authored works, including "Die seelsorgerlichen Wei-sungen in den Kapitularien Karls des Grossen."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Die seelsorgerlichen Wei-sungen in den Kapitularien Karls des Grossen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Active from
- 1945-03-16
- Active to
- 2017-07-22
Discography
- Polos Pop Tales1998
- Duette 1977-20072007
- Hopp Schwiiz '082008
- Prototyp2009
- Rimix2010
- Polo Hofer singt Bob Dylan2011
- Polo Hofer & Friends2015
- Ändspurt2016
- Die besten Balladen von 1976–20162016
- Klassiker2017
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,145x
- Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes
· 1993 · cited 8,429x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,660x
- Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Routes to Various MOF Topologies, Morphologies, and Composites
· 2011 · cited 4,812x
- THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
· 2009 · cited 4,693x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- President
- Wolfgang Sobotka
- Preceded by
- Anneliese Kitzmüller
- Succeeded by
- Doris Bures
- Chancellor
- Sebastian Kurz
- Nominated by
- Himself
- Affiliation
- Freedom Party
- Constituency
- 1 – Burgenland
- Born
- Norbert Gerwald Hofer , ( 1971-03-02 ) 2 March 1971 (age 55) , Vorau , Hartberg-Fürstenfeld , Styria , Austria
- Party
- Freedom Party
- Spouse
- Verena Malus
- Website
- Parliament website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Norbert Gerwald Hofer ( Austrian German: [ˈnɔrbɛrt ˈhoːfɐ]; born 2 March 1971) is an Austrian politician who was the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) from June 2019 to June 2021. He previously served as minister of 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).
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