Hlinkova slovenská l’udová strana

Hlinkova slovenská l’udová strana 

Wartime Slovakia was run by a triumvirate of anti-Semitic leaders who supported most of Nazi Germany’s racial policies. Father Jozef Tiso, a Roman Catholic priest, was the country’s president. Vojtech Tuka, the prime minister and foreign minister, was also head of the Nástupists, the radical wing of the Hlinkova slovenská l’udová strana. Alexander Mach, Slovakia’s propaganda minister, headed the Hlinka garda (Hlinka Guards), the armed Nazi-Fascist wing of the HSLS. This triumvirate gradually transformed Slovakia into a Fascist state.