Politics List_of_Slovaks

1 politics

1.1 politicians (contemporary)
1.2 politicians (19th , 20th century)
1.3 fighters, warriors, soldiers , revolutionares
1.4 first ladies

politics
politicians (contemporary)

prime ministers of slovak republic:

vladimír mečiar (1942) – first , third prime minister
jozef moravčík (1945) – second prime minister
mikuláš dzurinda (1955) – fourth prime minister
robert fico (1964) – fifth , seventh prime minister
iveta radičová (1956) – sixth , first female prime minister

presidents:

michal kováč (1930-2016) – first president
rudolf schuster (1934) – second president (schuster of german , hungarian ancestry.)
ivan gašparovič (1941) – third president (previously chairman of national council of slovak republic)
andrej kiska (1963) – fourth president (co-founder of non-profit charitable organization called dobrý anjel.)

other:

maroš Šefčovič – eu commissioner
peter tomka (1956) – vice-president of international court of justice
timothy hudak (1967) - progressive conservative member of legislative assembly of ontario, canada
john mika (1943) - republican congressman representing florida s seventh congressional district
jesse ventura (1951) – 38th governor of u.s. state of minnesota 1999 2003, actor, author, , former professional wrestler. parents slovakia, , legal name james george janos.

politicians (19th , 20th century)

alexander dubček (1921–1992) – leader of czechoslovakia , architect of prague spring
tomáš garrigue masaryk (1850–1937) – first president of czechoslovakia; son of slovak father , moravian mother
milan rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) – astronomer, scientist, politician, , general; 1 of founders of czechoslovakia
gustáv husák (1913–1991) – president of czechoslovakia in 1970s , 1980s
Štefan marko daxner (1822–1892) – slovak lower nobleman of swiss descent, politician, lawyer, , poet of outlined program unifying requests national (slovak), cultural, political , social liberties
jozef tiso (1887–1947) – roman catholic priest , president of first slovak republic
ferdinand Čatloš (1895–1972) – minister of defence of first slovak republic
andrej hlinka (1864–1938) – priest , founders of slovak people s party
milan hodža (1878–1944) – prime minister of czechoslovakia, politician , journalist
fedor hodža (1912–1968) – politician , lawyer; son of milan hodža.
vojtech tuka (1880–1946) – slovak people s party politician, teacher
alexander mach (1902–1980) – slovak people s party politician, journalist
martin rázus (1888–1937) – politician, priest
jan Šverma (1903–1944) – partisan , communist politician
karol sidor (1901–1953) – far right slovak nationalist politician , commander of hlinka guard
jozef miloslav hurban (1817–1886) – priest, politician
michal miloslav hodža (1811–1870) – leader of slovak national group, lutheran priest, poet, linguist
vladimír clementis (1902–1952) – communist politician

fighters, warriors, soldiers , revolutionares

jozef gabčík (1912–1942) – soldier assassinated reinhard heydrich, architect of holocaust, under operation anthropoid.
alexander petrovič (1823-1849) – hungary s national poet , 1 of key figures of hungarian revolution of 1848. petőfi sándor in hungarian.
jozef miloslav hurban (1817–1886) freedom fighter , leader of 1848 slovak national uprising against hungarians.
rudolf viest (1890–1945?) – anti-fascist military leader, member of czechoslovak government in exile, member of slovak national council , commander of 1st czechoslovak army during slovak national uprising. first , slovak reach position of general in interwar czechoslovak army.
brigadier general ján golian (1906–?1945) – supreme military leader of slovak national uprising against nazis until arrival of rudolph viest. golian believed have been murdered nazis in concentration camp.
michael strank – u.s. marine during world war ii; leader of group of u.s. marines photographed in raising flag on iwo jima.
augustín malár (1894–1946) – wwii general commanded east slovak units of first slovak republic, nazi protectorate state. deported germany , died in concentration camp.
jozef turanec (1892–1957) – slovak general , nazi sympathizer during world war ii.
gustáv wendrinský (1923–1945) – slovak ss–oberscharführer
karol sidor (1901–1953) hlinka guard (the slovak equivalent sa) first commander.
matej kocak (1882–1918) – united states marine corps sergeant during world war i, posthumously awarded both u.s. army , navy medals of honor action against enemy on july 18, 1918. born in town of gbely, in western slovakia, , emigrated u.s. in 1906.

first ladies

livia klausová – first lady of czech republic
silvia gašparovičová – first lady of slovakia