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Béla Vágó

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Béla Vágó, People's Commissar of the Interior

Béla Vágó (born Béla Weiss; 9 August 1881 in Kecskemét – 10 March 1939) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as de facto Interior Minister with Jenő Landler during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. After the fall of the communist regime, he emigrated to the Soviet Union.

Death

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He was arrested on 28 February 1939 on fabricated charges (espionage, counter-revolutionary activity), then sentenced to death on 10 March; the sentence being executed that day. He was buried in the Donskoye Cemetery, Common Grave No. 1. He was rehabilitated on 25 February 1956.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Ваго Бела Александрович". www.sakharov-center.ru. Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by People's Commissar of Interior
with Jenő Landler

1919
Succeeded by