Štefan Haššík (25 November 1898,

Dlhé Pole Dlhé Pole () is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1320. In 1385, it was referred as ''Langenfelt vel Dlwhe Pole'', in 1796 ...

— August 1985,

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

) was a Slovak politician who was the Minister of Defense of the

Slovak State Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group * Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages * Slovak, Arkan ...

from 5 September 1944, replacing

Ferdinand Čatloš Ferdinand Čatloš (October 7, 1895 – August 31, 1972), born Csatlós Nándor, was a Slovak military officer and politician. Throughout his short career in the administration of the Slovak Republic he held the post of Minister of Defence. He was ...

who supported the

Slovak National Uprising Slovak National Uprising ( Slovak: ''Slovenské národné povstanie'', abbreviated SNP; alternatively also ''Povstanie roku 1944'', English: ''The Uprising of 1944'') was organised by the Slovak resistance during the Second World War, directed ag ...

.Baka, I., 2013, Haššík, Š. in Cséfalvay, F. (editor)
Vojenské osobnosti dejín Slovenska 1939 – 1945.
Vojenský historický ústav, Bratislava, s. 84-85 He was sentenced to death in absentia, but fled after the war.

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