Vojtech Tuka
Vojtech Lázar "Béla" Tuka (4 July 1880 – 20 August 1946) was a Slovak politician who served as prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the First Slovak Republic between 1939 and 1945. Tuka was one of the main forces behind the deportation of Slovak Jews to Nazi concentration camps in German occupied Poland. He was the leader of the radical wing of the Slovak People's Party.
Vojtech Tuka | |
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Vojtech Tuka in October 1939 | |
| Prime Minister of Slovakia | |
| In office 26 October 1939 – 5 September 1944 | |
| President | Jozef Tiso |
| Preceded by | Jozef Tiso |
| Succeeded by | Štefan Tiso |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 26 October 1939 – 2 September 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Ďurčanský |
| Deputy, Czechoslovak Parliament | |
| In office 1925–1929 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1880 Hegybánya, Kingdom of Hungary (now Štiavnické Bane, Slovakia) |
| Died | 20 August 1946 (aged 66) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Bratislava, Slovakia) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Political party | Slovak People's Party |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer, professor, editor |
| Profession | Law |
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