Gyula Horn

Ungarns Ex-Premier 80-jährig verstorben

epa01913012 (FILE) A file picture dated 27 June 1989 shows Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn (R) and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock (L) cutting through a piece of the Iron Curtain between Hungary and Austria near Klingenbach, Austria. This was read as a sign that the Iron Curtain which had separated Europe into an eastern and a western part for 40 years might be abolished soon. 'Tear down this wall!'. On 12 June 1987, US President Ronald Reagan pronounced these words to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The Berlin Wall came down two years later on 09 November 1989 and two parts of Germany was reunified after 28 years of separation. The building of the Wall began on 13 August 1961. German Democratic Republic (GDR) armed forces started to seal off the eastern part of the city with road barriers made from barbed wire, to build an 'anti-Fascist protective barrier.' On 09 November 1989, after the spokeperson of German Democratic Republic government Guenter Schabowski announced during a press conference the immediate opening of the inner German border, tens of thousands of GDR citizens flocked to the border crossing points. The Iron Curtain fell. On 09 November 2009 will be the celebration of this historic autumn night, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/ROBERT JAEGER B/W ONLY
© APA/ROBERT JAEGERepa01913012 (FILE) A file picture dated 27 June 1989 shows Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn (R) and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock (L) cutting through a piece of the Iron Curtain between Hungary and Austria near Klingenbach, Austria. This was read as a sign that the Iron Curtain which had separated Europe into an eastern and a western part for 40 years might be abolished soon. 'Tear down this wall!'. On 12 June 1987, US President Ronald Reagan pronounced these words to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The Berlin Wall came down two years later on 09 November 1989 and two parts of Germany was reunified after 28 years of separation. The building of the Wall began on 13 August 1961. German Democratic Republic (GDR) armed forces started to seal off the eastern part of the city with road barriers made from barbed wire, to build an 'anti-Fascist protective barrier.' On 09 November 1989, after the spokeperson of German Democratic Republic government Guenter Schabowski announced during a press conference the immediate opening of the inner German border, tens of thousands of GDR citizens flocked to the border crossing points. The Iron Curtain fell. On 09 November 2009 will be the celebration of this historic autumn night, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/ROBERT JAEGER B/W ONLY
Horn wurde weltbekannt, als er 1989 den Eisernen Vorhang durchschnitt.
19.06.13, 18:41
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Der sozialistische Ex-Premier Gyula Horn (1994-1998) ist am Mittwoch im Alter von 81 Jahren in Budapest verstorben. Das berichtet die Ungarische Nachrichtenagentur MTI. Horn war von Mai 1989 ein Jahr lang Außenminister der Nemeth-Regierung. In dieser Funktion durchschnitt er gemeinsam mit seinem österreichischen Amtskollegen Alois Mock im Juni 1989 in einem symbolischen Akt den Eisernen Vorhang.

Im Oktober 1989 gehörte Horn zu den Gründern der Ungarischen Sozialistischen Partei (MSZP), deren Vorsitz er von 1990 bis 1998 innehatte. Von 1990 bis 2010 gehörte er zu den Abgeordneten des Parlaments, nahm jedoch ab September 2007 aus Gesundheitsgründen nicht mehr an der Parlamentsarbeit teil.

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