Jan Hofer (born 31 January 195?) is a German broadcast newsreader and television presenter. He was a well-known and popular reader of the news programme ''

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. Hofer was the chief reader on ''Tagesschau'' from 2004 until December 2020, having been a newsreader on that programme since 1985. Since leaving ''Tagesschau'', he has been lead anchorman for '.

Biography

Born in Büderich (now part of Wesel), Hofer grew up in Wesel and studied business economics in Cologne between 1970 and 1974. During his studies, he gained initial experience as intern at a radio station. Following his studies, he worked at various regional radio and TV stations before joining the ''Tagesschau'' in 1985. He became the chief reader in 2004. In addition to his work as news anchor, Hofer hosted the ''NDR Talk Show'' from 1989 to 1991. Following this, he was the German commentator of the

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from 1992 to 1994. On the regional station

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he also hosted the talk show ''Riverboat'' between 1992 and 2012. Hofer has four children. In 2018, he married his long-time partner Phong Lan, with whom he has a son (b. 2015). In summer 2021, Hofer became the lead anchorman for RTL's new news program ''RTL Direkt''.

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