President of Slovakia
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The president of the Slovak Republic serves as the head of state of Slovakia and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The people directly elect the president for five years, for a maximum of two co
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Grassalkovich Palace, seat of the president of Slovakia
Honour Guard of the President
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 2010 0049, Josef Tiso
Jozef Tiso
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Jozef Gašpar Tiso was a Slovak politician, dictator, and Catholic priest who served as president of the First Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 to 1945. Af
President of Slovakia
…parliament's approval. List of presidents of Slovakia Slovak Republic (1939–1945) No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office Duration Party 1 Jozef Tiso (1887–1947) 26 October 1939 4 April 1945 5 years, 160 days HSĽS–SSNJ Slovak Republic (since 1993) No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left…
Birthplace of Tiso in Bytča, Slovakia
Tiso wearing a clerical collar circa 1918
Jozef Tiso greeting Adolf Hitler, at the railway station of Hitler's headquarters 'Wolfsschanze' in East Prussia, with Alexander von Dörnberg in the middle, October 1941