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Gyula János Horn was a Hungarian politician who was the Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998.
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politics · Hungarian politician (1932–2013) · politician · diplomat · economist · also Gyula Horn, Horn Gyula, Horn
Born 5 July 1932 · Died 19 June 2013 · Q155684
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“There are some things/events that are impossible, like an encounter of mountains, but there is always a chance for people to meet. or Once can always find a possibility for revenge.”
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Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,882 times.
Published “Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 7,906 times.
Died 2013-06-19.
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Published “Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 10,871 times.
Published “Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 7,830 times.
Viktor Orbán was found to be Hungary's best prime minister since the transition to democracy, József Antall, the head of the first democratically elected government between 1990 and 1993, came second while Horn and Gordo
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“In the absence of the person in authority those under his control will often neglect the duties/rules imposed on them.”
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Suggested by Ferenc Gyurcsány, as it was refused by Hungarian President László Sólyom, who explicitly stated Horn's views on the 1956 revolution as the reason
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Awarded Courage Award (2005).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2005).
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“Working hard for others one may neglect one's own needs or the needs of those closest to him.”
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“Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily.”
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“Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily.”
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“One cannot serve two conflicting causes simultaneously. If this is attempted neither will be served properly.”
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Horn's government enacted the "Bokros package", a major austerity program
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Hungary (1994–1998).
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Published “Fully optimized contracted Gaussian basis sets for atoms Li to Kr” in The Journal of Chemical Physics — cited 9,182 times.
Awarded Charlemagne Prize (1990).
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And retained a seat until the 2010 parliamentary election
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–2010).
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To 209, at the time the second-most that a Hungarian party has ever won in a free election
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Succeeded Rezső Nyers as chairman of the Socialist Party
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Published “Electronic structure calculations on workstation computers: The program system turbomole” in Chemical Physics Letters — cited 8,133 times.
Stepped forward to become foreign minister in the country's last communist government led by Miklós Németh
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary (1989–1990).
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Contributing to the later unification of Germany
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Published “Primer-Directed Enzymatic Amplification of DNA with a Thermostable DNA Polymerase” in Science — cited 8,661 times.
Was appointed secretary of state (deputy minister) in the Foreign Ministry
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Published “Matrix Analysis” — cited 10,111 times.
Career landmark: member of Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1985–1989).
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Published “Determining optical flow” in Artificial Intelligence — cited 9,127 times.
Horn became an official in the foreign affairs department of the MSZMP Central Committee
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Published “A Rationale and Test for the Number of Factors in Factor Analysis” in Psychometrika — cited 6,601 times.
First as an official in the independent Soviet department
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Won Commemorative Medal for Worker-Peasant Power (1957).
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Received the award "For the Worker-Peasant Power", which was only granted to those whose services earned satisfaction
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Studied at Rostov State Economics University (1954).
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Horn joined the Hungarian communist party, then called the Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
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Born 1932-07-05.
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As the third child of transport worker Géza Horn who was of Jewish background and factory worker Anna Csörnyei
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“Starting properly ensures the speedy completion of a process. A – beginning is often blocked by one or more obstacles (potential barriers) the removal of which may ensure the smooth course of the process.”
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“Those who do not reply to a request or accusation, or who raise no objection to something said or done, are assumed to have accused.”
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