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Jozef Tiso

1887 - 1947

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Jozef Gašpar Tiso (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjɔzef ˈtisɔ], Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjoʒɛf ˈtiso]; 13 October 1887 – 18 April 1947) was a Slovak politician and Catholic priest who served as president of the First Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 to 1945. After the war, in 1947, he was convicted of treason and executed in Bratislava. Born in 1887 to Slovak parents in Nagybiccse (today Bytča), then part of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, Tiso studied several languages during his school career, including Hebrew and German. He was introduced to priesthood from an early age, and helped combat local poverty and alcoholism in what is now Slovakia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jozef Tiso is the 1,067th most popular politician (down from 890th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Slovakia and the 3rd most popular Slovak Politician.

Jozef Tiso was the leader of the Slovakian Nazi puppet government during World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jozef Tiso ranks 1,067 out of 19,576. Before him are Magnus VI of Norway, Lev Kamenev, Gyula Andrássy, Cato the Younger, Frederick VI of Denmark, and Henry Clay. After him are Qutb al-Din Aibak, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Alberto Fujimori, Basil I, Ḫattušili III, and Anne of Brittany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jozef Tiso ranks 17. Before him are Ernst Röhm, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Vidkun Quisling, Arthur Rubinstein, and Wilhelm Canaris. After him are Leopold Ružička, Juan Gris, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Leonard Bloomfield, James B. Sumner, and Henry Moseley. Among people deceased in 1947, Jozef Tiso ranks 12. Before him are Rudolf Höss, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Philipp Lenard, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, George II of Greece, and Kurt Lewin. After him are Raoul Wallenberg, Pierre Bonnard, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Victor Horta, Alfred North Whitehead, and Frances Cleveland.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jozef Tiso ranks 5 out of 418. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Philipp Lenard (1862), and Gyula Andrássy (1823). After him are Gustáv Husák (1913), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778), Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), and Rudolf von Laban (1879).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Jozef Tiso ranks 3. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), and Gyula Andrássy (1823). After him are Gustáv Husák (1913), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), Juraj Jánošík (1688), and Vladimír Mečiar (1942).

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