What is Norbert Hofer?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Norbert Hofer | image = Norbert Hofer.jpg | office = [[Ministry of Transport (Austria)|Minister of Transport, Innovation <br> and Technology]] | chancellor = [[Sebastian Kurz]] | term_start = 18 December 2017 | term_end = 22 May 2019 | predecessor = [[Jörg Leichtfried]] | successor = [[Andreas Reichhardt]] | office1 = [[President of the National Council (Austria)#List of third presidents|Third President of the National Council]] | president1 = [[Barbara Prammer]] <br> [[Doris Bures]] | term_start1 = 29 October 2013 | term_end1 = 18 December 2017 | predecessor1 = [[Martin Graf]] | successor1 = [[Anneliese Kitzmüller]] | birth_name = Norbert Gerwald Hofer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|3|2}} | birth_place = [[Vorau]], Austria | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Freedom Party of Austria|Freedom Party]] | spouse = Verena Malus | children = 4 | website = {{url|parlament.gv.at/ENGL/WWER/NR/Hofer/index.shtml|Parliament website}} }} '''Norbert Gerwald Hofer''' ({{IPA-de|ˈnɔɐ̯bɐt ˈhoːfɐ}}; born 2 March 1971) is an [[Austria]]n politician. He is a member of the [[Freedom Party of Austria|Freedom Party]] (FPÖ). He was the party's chair from 2019 until 2021. He was the [[President of the National Council (Austria)#List of third presidents|Third President of the National Council]] from 2013 to 2017. Hofer was a candidate for [[President of Austria]] in the [[Austrian presidential election, 2016|2016 election]]. He received the plurality of votes, 35% as opposed to 21% of rival [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], in the first round. The much closer results of the second round of voting (49.7%/50.3%) were annulled by the [[Constitutional Court (Austria)|Constitutional Court]] due to voting irregularities affecting nearly 78,000 votes, requiring the election to be re-held.<ref name=over>{{cite news|last1=Oltermann|first1=Philip|title=Austrian presidential election result overturned and must be held a