Hlinka's Slovak People's Party

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Hlinka's Slovak People's Party was a Slovak nationalist and clerical-fascist political party active in the first half of the 20th century that played a central role in the creation and governance of the wartime Slovak State.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Slovak nationalist party
clerical-fascist party
political party
activeInPeriod first half of the 20th century
alliedWith Nazi Germany
associatedWith First Slovak Republic
Slovak State
characterizedAs authoritarian nationalist
clerical-fascist
coreConstituency Roman Catholic Slovaks
country Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
founder Andrej Hlinka
historicalContext World War II in Slovakia
interwar Czechoslovakia
ideology Catholic clericalism
Slovak nationalism
authoritarianism
far-right politics
influencedBy Catholic social teaching
European fascist movements
language Slovak
leader Andrej Hlinka
Jozef Tiso
Vojtech Tuka
namedAfter Andrej Hlinka
notableMember Ferdinand Ďurčanský
Jozef Tiso
Karol Sidor
Vojtech Tuka
opposedIdeology communism
liberal democracy
opposedTo Czechoslovak centralism
politicalPosition far-right
right-wing to far-right
promoted authoritarian Catholic social order
close ties between church and state
region Slovakia
religion Roman Catholicism
role ruling party of the Slovak State
significantEvent creation of the Slovak State
governance of the wartime Slovak State
supported autonomy for Slovakia
independence of Slovakia
typeOfNationalism ethnic nationalism
usedColor green
usedSymbol double cross

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Vojtech Tuka ("Hlinka Slovak People's Party")
Vojtech Tuka ("Hlinka Slovak People's Party")
memberOf
Hlinka Guard ("Hlinka Slovak People's Party")
alignedWith
Slovak autonomist movement
associatedWith
Slovak autonomist movement
hasPart
Jozef Tiso
memberOfPoliticalParty

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