Andrej Hlinka

Andrej Hlinka
Hlinka in 1937
Born(1864-09-27)27 September 1864
Died16 August 1938(1938-08-16) (aged 73)
Political partyCatholic People's Party (until 1914)
Slovak National Party
Slovak People's Party (1914–1938)

Andrej Hlinka (born 27 September 1864 – 16 August 1938) was a Slovak Catholic priest, journalist, banker, politician, and one of the most important Slovak public activists in Czechoslovakia before World War II. He was the leader of the Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, papal chamberlain, inducted papal protonotary, member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia, and chairman of the St. Vojtech Fellowship (a religious publication organization).


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