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Vojtech Tuka

Vojtech Tuka

Former Prime Minister of Slovakia
Vojtech Lázar "Béla" Tuka 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... Wikipedia
Born: July 4, 1880, Štiavnické Bane, Slovakia
Died: August 20, 1946 (age 66 years), Bratislava, Slovakia
Previous offices: Prime Minister of Slovakia (1939–1944) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia (1939–1944)
Spouse: Božena Tuková (m. ?–1946)
Organization founded: Rodobrana
Education: Eötvös Loránd University (1900–1901) and Eötvös Loránd University (1900)