# Otto Roth

> Otto Roth, occasionally rendered as Willy Otto Roth or Dr. Rot, was a Hungarian and Romanian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the only Commissioner-in-Chief of the Banat Republic, between October 1918 and January 1919. Born a subject of the Kingdom of Hungary, Jewish but non-religious, he was thirteen when he debuted as a literary journalist and magazine editor, with Viribus Unitis. In his twenties, he put out publications and founded literary circles, frequenting Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, and Zoltán Franyó. Roth entered politics with the Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP), and was a local councilor in Timișoara during most of World War I, emerging as a regional leader of the MSZDP before and during the Aster Revolution.

*Hungarian and Romanian lawyer and politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Romania
- **Born:** 1884-12-06
- **Died:** 1956-04-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Otto Roth, occasionally rendered as Willy Otto Roth or Dr. Rot, was a Hungarian and Romanian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the only Commissioner-in-Chief of the Banat Republic, between October 1918 and January 1919. Born a subject of the Kingdom of Hungary, Jewish but non-religious, he was thirteen when he debuted as a literary journalist and magazine editor, with Viribus Unitis. In his twenties, he put out publications and founded literary circles, frequenting Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, and Zoltán Franyó. Roth entered politics with the Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP), and was a local councilor in Timișoara during most of World War I, emerging as a regional leader of the MSZDP before and during the Aster Revolution.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 5.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Рот, Отто](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE)
- [Otto Roth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Roth)
- [أوتو روث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB)
- [اوتو روث](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB)
- [Róth Ottó](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3th_Ott%C3%B3)
- [Otto Roth](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Roth)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12737309)

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