Snem Slovenskej republiky

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The Snem Slovenskej republiky , in short Snem (German: Landtag of the Slovak Republic ) was the parliament of the First Slovak Republic . It emerged from the autonomous Slovak state parliament elected in 1938. Its composition hardly changed between 1938 and 1945. There was never an election for Snem. Its actual importance was little. The President of Parliament was during the entire existence of Snem Martin Sokol .

Slovak Autonomous Parliament

On December 18, 1938, elections for the autonomous Slovak Parliament were held on the basis of the Prague Parliament's Autonomy Act of November 22, 1938. 63 MPs were elected. The right to vote provided for the election in a state constituency. However, one could not speak of an election in the democratic sense. All Slovak parties were merged or banned in Hlinka's Slovak People's Party - Party of Slovak National Unity (Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana - Strana slovenskej národnej jednoty, HSĽS-SSNJ). In addition, only the German Party and the United Hungarian Party were eligible to represent the interests of the respective minorities. Unsurprisingly, the HSĽS-SSNJ list received 97.3% of the vote (72% of which went to candidates from the original HSĽS).

Franz Karmasin and Josef Steinhübl were elected as representatives of the German minority , who joined the HSĽS-SSNJ after the election.

Parliament of the Slovak Republic

With the proclamation of the First Slovak Republic on March 14, 1939, a total of 17 additional members of the Snem were appointed in several steps, so that the number of deputies in the end was 80. The Snem existed until April 4, 1945. In March 1940, Sigmund Keil was accepted as a replacement for Gejza Rehák and Adalbert Gabriel as an appointed member as further German representatives in the Snem.

literature

  • Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 2, 2nd edition. Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-5-0 , pp. 659-667