Zoltán Rónai

Zoltán Rónai (born as Zoltán Rosenthal; 16 August 1880 – 17 May 1940) was a Hungarian politician and jurist of Jewish descent, 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 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
Spouse	Flóra Peisner
Parent(s)	Bernát Rosenthal Ilona Klein
Profession	politician, jurist, journalist

The native form of this personal name is Rónai Zoltán. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon