Norbert Hofer
Also known as Norbert Gerwald Hofer, Ing. Norbert Hofer
Austrian politician (born 1971)
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- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 11,619x
- Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes
· 1993 · cited 8,379x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
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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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