Zoltán Rónai

Zoltán Rónai (born as Zoltán Rosenthal 16 August 1880 17 May 1940) was a Hungarian politician of Jewish descent and jurist, who served as People's Commissar of Justice in 1919 during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Before the First World War he worked as a journalist of the Népszava and of the Szocializmus. He was a supporter of the centrist Zsigmond Kunfi. After the fall of the communist regime he emigrated to Vienna to joining to the Two and Half Internationale. Then he lived in Austria, France and finally Belgium. He published articles for the Szocializmus, using the pseudonym of Zoltán Vándor. After the Nazi invasion of Belgium he committed suicide.

Zoltán Rónai
People's Commissar of Justice of Hungary
In office
24 June 1919  1 August 1919
Preceded byIstván Ládai
Succeeded byErnő Garami
Personal details
Born(1880-08-16)16 August 1880
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died17 May 1940(1940-05-17) (aged 59)
Brussels, Belgium
Political partyMSZDP
Spouse(s)Flóra Peisner[1]
ParentsBernát Rosenthal
Ilona Klein
Professionpolitician, jurist, journalist

References

Political offices
Preceded by
István Ládai
People's Commissar of Justice
1919
Succeeded by
Ernő Garami


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