President of the First Slovak Republic

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The President of the First Slovak Republic was the head of state of the Nazi-aligned Slovak client state during World War II, a role most infamously associated with Catholic priest and politician Jozef Tiso.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office
political office
alliedWith Nazi Germany
appliesToJurisdiction Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
surface form: First Slovak Republic
appointedBy Slovak Diet
capitalOfJurisdiction Bratislava
conflictContext World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
surface form: First Slovak Republic
countryStatus client state of Nazi Germany
dissolutionCause defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
endTime 1945-04
establishedBy Constitution of the Slovak Republic (1939)
ethnoNationalContext Slovak nationalism
flagAssociated flag of the First Slovak Republic
followedByOffice President of Czechoslovakia
governmentTypeContext authoritarian regime
headOfGovernmentRelationship Prime Minister of the First Slovak Republic
historicalPeriod Interwar period
World War II
historicalReputation controversial due to collaboration with Nazi Germany
ideologicalContext clerical nationalism
languageOfTitle Slovak
legalSystemContext authoritarian one-party-dominated system
locatedIn Central Europe
Slovakia
mostNotableOfficeHolder Jozef Tiso
nativeLabel President of the First Slovak Republic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prezident Slovenskej republiky
notableFor association with Jozef Tiso
role in Holocaust-era policies in Slovakia
officeHolder Jozef Tiso
Karol Sidor
officeHolderRole head of state of the First Slovak Republic
politicalAlignment Nazi-aligned
precededByOffice President of Czechoslovakia
religiousContext often associated with Catholic clergy through Jozef Tiso
residence Bratislava
Grassalkovich Palace
responsibleFor promulgation of state laws
representing the First Slovak Republic in international relations
startTime 1939-03-14
subordinateTo Government of the First Slovak Republic
successorStateContext Third Czechoslovak Republic
symbolAssociated Coat of arms of Slovakia
surface form: coat of arms of the First Slovak Republic
warTimeRole formal head of a German satellite state

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President of the First Slovak Republic nativeLabel President of the First Slovak Republic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Prezident Slovenskej republiky
Jozef Tiso positionHeld President of the First Slovak Republic
Slovak Assembly subordinateTo President of the First Slovak Republic
this entity surface form: executive power of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
National Court in Bratislava triedOfficeHolder President of the First Slovak Republic
this entity surface form: President of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945)