Zoltán Rónai

Zoltán Rónai
People's Commissar of Justice of Hungary
In office
24 June 1919  1 August 1919
Preceded by István Ládai
Succeeded by Ernő Garami
Personal details
Born (1880-08-16)16 August 1880
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died 17 May 1940(1940-05-17) (aged 59)
Brussels, Belgium
Political party MSZDP
Profession politician, jurist, journalist
The native form of this personal name is Rónai Zoltán. This article uses the Western name order.

Zoltán Rónai (16 August 1880 17 May 1940) was a Hungarian politician 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.

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


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