Gyula Horn

Gyula János Horn (5 July 1932 – 19 June 2013) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998.

The native form of this personal name is Horn Gyula János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gyula Horn
Horn in 2007
Prime Minister of Hungary
In office
15 July 1994 – 6 July 1998
PresidentÁrpád Göncz
Preceded byPéter Boross
Succeeded byViktor 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 MinisterMiklós Németh
Preceded byPéter Várkonyi
Succeeded byGéza Jeszenszky
Personal details
Born(1932-07-05)5 July 1932
Budapest, Hungary
Died19 June 2013(2013-06-19) (aged 80)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyMSZP (1989–2013)
Other political
affiliations		MDP (1954–1956)
MSZMP (1956–1989)
SpouseAnna Király
Children2
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Horn is remembered as the last Communist Minister of Foreign Affairs who played a major role in the demolishing of the "Iron Curtain" for East Germans in 1989, contributing to the later unification of Germany, and for the Bokros package, the biggest fiscal austerity programme in post-communist Hungary, launched under his premiership, in 1995.

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