Gertrud Szabolcsi
Hungarian biochemist, First Lady of Hungary 1988-1989 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gertrud Szabolcsi (26 January 1923, in Oradea, Romania – 28 March 1993, in Budapest, Hungary) was a biochemist. Her research centered on the structure and function of enzymes.[1] She was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[2] She was First Lady of Hungary as the second wife of Brunó Ferenc Straub, the last Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council from 1988 until 1989.[3]
She and her husband received the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush who visited Hungary on 12 July 1989.[4] Her daughter from her first marriage is linguist Anna Szabolcsi.