Norbert Hofer

Norbert Hofer
Hofer in 2019
Third President of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 October 2019
Preceded by	Anneliese Kitzmüller
In office 29 October 2013 – 18 December 2017
Preceded by	Martin Graf
Succeeded by	Anneliese Kitzmüller
Chair of the Freedom Party
In office 14 September 2019 – 1 June 2021
Preceded by	Heinz-Christian Strache
Succeeded by	Herbert Kickl
Minister of Transport
In office 18 December 2017 – 22 May 2019
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz
Preceded by	Jörg Leichtfried
Succeeded by	Valerie Hackl
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 October 2019
Nominated by	Himself
Affiliation	Freedom Party
In office 24 May 2019 – 22 October 2019
Constituency	1 – Burgenland
In office 28 October 2008 – 18 December 2017
Constituency	1 – Burgenland
In office 30 October 2006 – 27 October 2008
Nominated by	Heinz-Christian Strache
Affiliation	Freedom Party
Personal details
Born	Norbert Gerwald Hofer (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: [ˈnɔɐ̯b̥ɛɐ̯t ˈhoːfɐ]; 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.