Zoltán Rónai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zoltán Rónai

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1880

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 17-May-1940

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, journalist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.