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 Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged and subsequently worked at the Molteno Institute Cambridge UK. He is credited with the discovery of actin. He founded the Biological Research Centre in Szeged. He was the Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council from June 29 1988 to October 18 1989.
active years end date
1989-10-18
active years start date
1988-06-29
birth date
1914-01-05
birth place
Austria-Hungary, Romania, Oradea
death date
1996-02-15
order in office
6th Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council
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