Józef Unszlicht

Józef Unszlicht
Deputy Chief of the Cheka/GPU/OGPU
In office
12 April 1921 – 1923
Prime MinisterVladimir Lenin
Preceded byIvan Ksenofontov
Succeeded byVyacheslav Menzhinsky
Personal details
Born(1879-12-31)December 31, 1879
DiedJuly 29, 1938(1938-07-29) (aged 58)
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1917-1935)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (1900-1917)
ProfessionStatesman and revolutionary
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918–1922)
Soviet Union (1922–1935)
Branch/serviceRed Army
Cheka
GPU
OGPU
Battles/wars
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Józef Unszlicht or Iosif Stanislavovich Unshlikht (Russian: Ио́сиф Станисла́вович У́ншлихт; nicknames "Jurowski", "Leon"; 31 December 1879 – 29 July 1938) was a Polish and Russian revolutionary activist, a Soviet government official and one of the founders of the Cheka.