Relationship between the 2nd theorem of Hohenberg and Kohn and the Variational Principle

In Density Functional Theory, the 2nd theorem of Hohenberg and Kohn states: 



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> The electron density of the system that minimises the ground-state energy is the exact electron density of the system. 
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Similarly, there is also the widely-known Variational Principle in quantum chemistry which states:



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> The wavefunction that minimises the ground-state energy of the system is the exact ground-state wavefunction. 
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They seem very similar to me and I would just like to ask if there are any similarities between the two, perhaps in terms of the proofs of these two fundamental theorems. 


