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Gerald Lehner
Born (1963-11-12) 12 November 1963 (age 60)
NationalityAustrian
OccupationJournalist

Gerald Lehner (born 12 November 1963) is an Austrian journalist and author.

Born in Bad Gastein, Lehner studied political science in Salzburg. Since 1986 he has been working for ORF (Austrian broadcasting service). He wrote articles for the magazines Profil, Die Zeit and Der Spiegel, as well as for the daily newspaper Der Standard. He has reported from Kurdistan, the Himalayas and the Siberian Arctic.

He realized his passion as an alpinist while a technician and teacher for the development aid organization "Öko Himal" in Nepal.

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