Tron Zhanno ( also Yehoshua) Abramovich (25 December 1865, Jelgava — 1939, Haifa) — lawyer, общественный деятель, активист сионистского движения.
Zhanno Tron was born to Abram Tron in Jelgava. In 1889, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. From 1890, he worked in the legal profession in Riga, first as an assistant to sworn advocate G. Rubinstein, later becoming a sworn advocate himself.
From 1892, he was actively involved in Jewish communal life in Riga and in the Zionist movement. In 1897, he participated in the founding of the Zionist society “Zion” in Riga. From 1900 to 1935, he served as secretary of the Riga Jewish Educational Society. He was a co-founder of the Riga Jewish Club, the Jewish Mutual Credit Society (later the Northern Bank), and the organization of cheder teachers “Hadorim Hesuconim” (later a Hebrew-language school). He also participated in the establishment of a Hebrew gymnasium, raising funds in the United States for the purchase of a school building. In 1915, he was a member of the Jewish Committee for Aid to Refugees.
On 18 November 1918, he took part in the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia. He was a member of the People’s Council representing the Jewish National Council and worked in the Legal Commission for National Affairs and Special Amnesties. He later became a member of the Constitutional Assembly (National Parliament) from the list of “Tseirei Zion,” participating in the Legal Commission and in the commission investigating the affairs of members of parliament.
In the 1920s–1930s, he continued to work as a sworn advocate in Riga. In 1922, he was a candidate in the elections to the 1st Saeima from the list of the Jewish United National Bloc (“Histadrut Zionit,” “Jewish National Democratic Party,” and the Zionist organization “Mizrachi”), but was not elected. In 1925, he was a candidate in the Riga City Council elections from the Jewish list, but was not elected.
From 1920, he was a member of the central committee of the Zionist organization “Keren Hayesod,” and from 1925 chaired the commission of “Keren Kayemet.” From 1923, he was a contributor to the newspaper “Unzer Veg” of the party “Tseirei Zion.” In the 1930s, he was active in the Zionist organization “Histadrut HaTzionit.” He served as chairman of the Palestine Foundation in Latvia, deputy chairman of the United Zionist Union, co-founder and member of the Zionist society “Olim,” and a board member of the Society for the Promotion of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
On 11 September 1935, he was removed from the list of sworn advocates due to his departure to Palestine. He died in 1939 in Haifa.
He was married; his son, Alexander Tron (born 25 November 1890), was a student who emigrated to Palestine.