Norbert Hofer, proposed to replace scandal-tainted Heinz-Christian Strache as le...
Austrian Infrastructure Minister Norbert Hofer addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria, April 16, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
- The 48-year-old former aeronautical engineer who flies small planes as a hobby told Reuters in a 2016 interview he saw U.S. President Donald Trump’s electoral victory as proof that he was on the right track with his populist Austria-first election campaign that included calls to stop immigration. - Hofer lost a presidential run-off by a mere 31,000 votes against former Greens Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen but got a new chance when the Constitutional Court annulled the result due to counting irregularities, only to lose by a bigger margin.
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