Norbert Gerwald Hofer (German pronunciation: ['n???b?t 'ho?f?]; born 2 March 1971) is an Austrian politician serving as the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) since September 2019.
Prior to that, he was Third President of the National Council from 2013 to 2017, his party's candidate in the 2016 Austrian presidential election and Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology in the Kurz government from 2017 until 2019.