Jānis Rudzutaks

Jānis Rudzutaks (Russian: Ян Эрнестович Рудзутак, romanized: Yan Ernestovich Rudzutak; 15 August [O.S. 3 August] 1887 – 29 July 1938) was a Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. He was executed during the Great Purge.

Jānis Rudzutaks
Ян Рудзутак
Rudzutaks in the 1920s
People's Commissar of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate
In office
9 October 1931  11 February 1934
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byAndrey Andreyev
Succeeded byPost abolished
People's Commissar for Railways
In office
2 February 1924  11 June 1930
PremierAlexey Rykov
Preceded byFelix Dzerzhinsky
Succeeded byMoisey Rukhimovich
Full member of the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th Politburo
In office
23 July 1926  26 May 1937
Candidate member of the 12th, 13th, 14th Politburo
In office
26 April 1923  23 July 1926
Full member of the 12th Secretariat
In office
26 April 1923  2 February 1924
Personal details
Born(1887-08-15)15 August 1887
Cauņi, Goldingen County, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
Died29 June 1938(1938-06-29) (aged 50)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1937)
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