Nyitrai Ferenc (1926-2011)


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Name (English): Nyitrai Ferenc
Short name: Vera Nyitrai
Year of birth: 1926
Year of death: 2011
Short Description: "Vera Nyitrai (née Gondos, Hungarian: Nyitrai Ferencné, June 26, 1926 – February 17, 2011) was a Hungarian statistician who became president of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, and in 1983 became the first female chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission.

Nyitrai graduated from Pázmány Péter Catholic University in 1949, where she studied mathematics and physics. She joined the Hungarian Central Statistical Office at that time, and remained there for the rest of her career, earning a Ph.D. and Sc.D. while working there. She became president of the office in 1979.

In 1985, together with Jean-Louis Bodin, she founded the International Association for Official Statistics. She was the provisional chair of the association for two years, and became its first president in 1987. She also chaired the Statistical Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Science." - (en.wikipedia.org 20.03.2022)
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[Last update: 2022/03/20]