SLOVAKIA
GOVERNMENT & POLITICAL PARTIES
TISO, Mgr. Jozef
(1887 - 1947)
Born: 1887.
Hanged: Apr. 1947 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
Positions Held:
President of Slovakia: 1939-1945.
Premier of Slovakia: 1939
Postwar Prosecution:
Arrested with Interior Minister Alexander Mach in Germany, 1945; extradited to Czechoslovakia by U.S. authorities. Tried by Czech court, sentenced to death; hanged in Bratislava, Apr. 1947.
TUKA, Dr. Vojtech
(1880 - 1946)
Born:
Hanged: Aug. 1946 in Bratislava.
Assignments:
Premier of Slovakia:
Deputy Premier of Slovakia:
Foreign Minister of Slovakia:
Notes:
Leader of Hlinka People's Party after Andrej Hlinka's death and his own release from long imprisonment by Czech authorities (1938).
Postwar Prosecution:
Tried by Czech court; hanged, Bratislava, Aug. 1946.
CATLOS, Ferdinand
(1895 - 19 )
General:
Assignments:
Minister of Defense in independent Slovak government: 03.1939 - 5.09.1944 (deserted to insurgent territory during Slovak uprising; arrested shortly thereafter).
Postwar Prosecution:
Tried by Czech court and sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, ca. 1946.
MACH, Alexander ("Sano")
(1902 - 19 )
Assignments:
Interior Minister of independent Slovak government: 1939 - 1945. Chief advocate of the deportation of Slovak Jews.
Postwar Prosecution:
Arrested with Mgr. Tiso in Germany; extradited to Czechoslovakia by U.S. authorities, 1945. Tried by Czech court and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment, 1949. Apparently released by 1968.
PRUZINSKY, Dr. Nikolaus
(-)
Assignments:
Minister of Finance in independent Slovak government: 03.1939 - 05.1945.
Minister of Economy in autonomous Slovak regime: 01.1939 - 03.1939.
Postwar Prosecution:
Tried by Czech court, 1946-47; sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment.
SIDOR, Karl
(1901 - 1953)
Assignments:
SIVAK, Josef
(1896 - 19 )
Assignments:
Minister of Education of independent Slovak government: 03.1939 - 09.1944.
Postwar Prosecution:
Tried by Czech court, ca. 1946; sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment.
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