Brunó Ferenc Straub
6th Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council
In office June 29, 1988 – October 18, 1989
Preceded by	Károly Németh
Succeeded by	Mátyás Szűrös
Born	January 5, 1914(1914-01-05) Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania)
Died	February 15, 1996 (aged 82)
Nationality	Hungarian

The native form of this personal name is Straub Ferenc Brunó. This article uses the Western name order.

Brunó Ferenc Straub (January 5, 1914, Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) - February 15, 1996) was a biochemist. As a young scholar he was a research assistant of Albert Szentgyörgyi at the University of Szeged, and subsequently worked at the Molteno Institute, Cambridge, UK. He discovered actin. He founded the Biological Research Center in Szeged. He was the Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council from June 29, 1988 to October 18, 1989. He himself was never a member of the Communist Party.

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• Straub and BRC, Szeged

Political offices
Preceded by Károly Németh	Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council 1988–1989	Succeeded by Mátyás Szűrös as President of Hungary

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