Gyula Horn | |
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Prime Minister of Hungary | |
In office 15 July 1994 – 6 July 1998 | |
President | Árpád Göncz |
Preceded by | Péter Boross |
Succeeded by | Viktor Orbán |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 2 May 1990 – 13 May 2010 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 10 May 1989 – 23 May 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Miklós Németh |
Preceded by | Péter Várkonyi |
Succeeded by | Géza Jeszenszky |
Personal details | |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 5 July 1932
Died | 19 June 2013 Budapest, Hungary | (aged 80)
Political party | MSZP (1989–2013) |
Other political affiliations | MDP (1954–1956) MSZMP (1956–1989) |
Spouse | Anna Király |
Children | 2 |
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Gyula János Horn (5 July 1932 – 19 June 2013)[1] was a Hungarian politician who was the Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998.
Horn was the last Communist Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary. He played a major role in demolishing the "Iron Curtain" for East Germans in 1989, contributing to the later unification of Germany. During his premiership, he launched the Bokros package, the biggest fiscal austerity programme in post-communist Hungary, in 1995.