Štefan Tiso government

The Štefan Tiso government , led by Prime Minister Štefan Tiso , was the third government of the independent Slovak state (Slovak: Slovenský štát ), which split off from the Czecho-Slovak Republic under pressure from the German Reich and existed from 1939 to 1945. She was in office from September 5, 1944 to April 4, 1945. She succeeded the Vojtech Tuka government . In April 1945 Slovakia was liberated and the former Czechoslovakia - with only one central government ( government Zdeněk Fierlinger I ) - restored.

Government formation

After the Prime Minister of the previous government, Vojtech Tuka , applied for leave of absence and dismissal from office in early September 1944, during the Slovak National Uprising , the President of the Republic Josef Tiso appointed his distant cousin, Štefan Tiso, as Prime Minister of the next government.

Government composition

The ministers were in office throughout the regular term of office (September 5, 1944 to April 4, 1945), unless otherwise stated.

• Prime Minister: Štefan Tiso
• Deputy Prime Minister: Alexander Mach
• Interior Minister: Alexander Mach
• Foreign Minister: Štefan Tiso
• Defense Minister: Štefan Haššík
• Minister of Finance: Mikuláš Pružinský
• Minister for Education and National Awareness: Aladár Kočiš
• Minister of Justice: Štefan Tiso
• Minister of Economy: Gejza Medrický
• Minister of Transport and Public Works: Ľudovít Lednár

Party affiliation

The leading and only authorized party in the Slovak state was Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana - Strana slovenskej národnej jednoty , known in German as Hlinkas Slovak People's Party , or Hlinka Party for short . It had the character of a unity party .

Remarks

1. ↑ Not mentioned in all sources.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Slovakia in the Second World War - government lists , material from the Herder Institute for East Central European Research, online at: herder-institut.de/...64.html
2. ↑ Stefan Tiso , curriculum vitae, Munzinger - Internationales Biographisches Archiv, online at: munzinger.de / ...
3. ↑ II. VLÁDY V LETECH 1918-1992 , section c) Slovenská republika , in: Milan Churaň et al., KDO BYL KDO v našich dějinách ve 20. století , Enzyklopädie, Verlag LIBRI, Prague 1998, ISBN 80-85983-65- 6 , online at: libri.cz/databaze / ...
4. ↑ (Stanislava Kolková :) Slovakia in the Second World War , material from the Herder Institute for East Central European Research, online at: herder-institut.de/...seite.html
5. ↑ Slovakia in the Second World War - Chronology , material from the Herder Institute for East Central European Research, online at: herder-institut.de/...63.html

See also

• Governments of Czechoslovakia