Vojtech Tuka government

The Vojtech Tuka government , led by Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka , was the second 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 October 27, 1939 to September 5, 1944. She followed the government of Jozef Tiso IV and was replaced by the government of Štefan Tiso .

Government formation

The government of Tuka had to be formed after the Prime Minister of the previous government, Josef Tiso , was elected President on October 26, 1939. On October 27, 939 he appointed the Vojtech Tuka government.

Government composition

The ministers were in office throughout the regular term of office (October 27, 1939 to September 5, 1944) unless otherwise stated.

• Prime Minister: Vojtech Tuka
• Deputy Prime Minister: Alexander Mach (from August 17, 1940)
• Interior Minister:
  • Ferdinand Ďurčanský ,
  • Alexander Mach (from July 29, 1940)
• Foreign Minister:
  • Ferdinand Ďurčanský ,
  • Vojtech Tuka (from July 29, 1940)
• Defense Minister: Ferdinand Čatloš
• Minister of Finance: Mikuláš Pružinský
• Minister for Education and National Awareness: Jozef Sivák
• Minister of Justice: Gejza Fritz
• Minister of Economy: Gejza Medrický
• Minister of Transport and Public Works: Július Stano

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. ↑ Found in one source only.
2. ↑ According to another source from July 20, 1940.

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. ↑ 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 / ...
3. ↑ (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
4. ↑ 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