Lafer
Lafer is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Celso Lafer (born 1941), Brazilian jurist * Gordon Lafer (born 1960), American political economist *Johann Lafer (born 1957), Austrian chef See also *Laffer (other) Laffer may refer to: * Laffer, South Australia, locality * Arthur Laffer (born 1940), American economist * George Laffer (1866–1933), South Australian politician * Jae Laffer, Australian rock singer-songwriter * Larry Laffer, a fictional characte ...

Gordon Lafer
Gordon Lafer is a political economist writer who has served as Senior Labor Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor and has a history of Labor Union activism. He has written widely on labor and employment policy issues and is the author of the books ''The Job Training Charade'' and ''The One Percent Solution''. He is currently a professor in the Labor Education & Research Center at the University of Oregon and a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. Biography Gordon Lafer started his political work as an economic policy analyst in the Office of the Mayor in New York City under Mayor Ed Koch. He was one of the leaders of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization at Yale, which was on strike several times in the 1990s. Lafer served as Research and Communications Director for the Federation of University Employees at Yale. He ran a hotel workers' campaign with the International Longshore and Warehouse ...
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Johann Lafer
Johann Lafer (born September 27, 1957, in Sankt Stefan im Rosental, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian chef living in Germany. Johann Lafer became well known through his TV cooking show and his numerous cookbooks. His television show is self-produced. He was a regular guest of the television host Markus Lanz, in whose show he regularly prepared meals in front of an audience. He lives with his wife Silvia and two children Jennifer and Jonathan in a little village called Guldental. He also operates a cooking school in Guldental. Lafer acts as a pilot in his Helicopter dining program. Achievements * In 1997 Johann was named "Chef of the Year" by "Gault Millau" * In 2006 he was given a star by "Guide Michelin The Michelin Guides ( ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few establishments. The ac ...". * Produces his own cooki ...
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Celso Lafer
Celso Lafer (born August 7, 1941) is a Brazilian jurist, full professor of Philosophy of Law at University of São Paulo, twice former foreign minister and a former commerce minister. He is of Lithuanian Jewish heritage. Education Lafer has a Bachelor in Law from University of São Paulo, a Master's and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Cornell University and a habilitation in Public International Law from University of São Paulo. Work Lafer worked for the administrations of Fernando Collor de Mello as Foreign Minister and for Fernando Henrique Cardoso as Foreign Minister and Commerce Minister. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 2004. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2006, occupying the chair that belonged to Miguel Reale, Professor of Philosophy of Law at University of São Paulo, and President of the São Paulo Research Foundation The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, pt, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Sà ...
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Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ...
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