Iosif Rangheţ (1904-1952)
Iosif Rangheț (Rangecz József) was a Romanian communist activist, born into an ethnic Hungarian family. He was a native of Olari, Arad County. Iosif Rangheț became a member of the banned Romanian Communist Party (PCR) in 1930. Rangheț was secretary of the Oradea regional committee from 1932 to 1933. He held a similar post for Cluj from 1933 to 1934; that year, he became head of the Banat and Jiu Valley regional committees. From 1943 until his death, he was a member of the party's central committee. From 1945 to 1948, Iosif Rangheț headed the PCR's cadres section; from 1949 to 1950, he presided over the state combustibles committee. He was married to Sanda Rangheț, who survived him. Iosif Rangheț died in 1952.
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