Franc Snoj (28 January 1902 – 22 April 1962) was a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n politician and economist. Franc Snoj

He was a

minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1938 and 1939. During the

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, together with the other members of the Yugoslav government, he emigrated to the U.S. and then to

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, where he worked for the liberation of Yugoslavia from the Axis powers. In 1944 he returned to Slovenia, in cooperation with the Partisans of

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...

and approval of

Edvard Kardelj Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II. ...

, seeking to get non-communist fighters to join the Partisan struggle for liberation. After the war he became Minister of Transportation in the national government of

. He was the first who opposed the post-war extrajudicial killings at

Kočevje Rog Kočevje (; german: Gottschee; ''Göttscheab'' or ''Gətscheab'' in the local Gottscheerish dialect; it, Cocevie) is a city in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. Geography The town is loc ...

. Because of this opposition, in 1947 he was arrested and tried during the

Nagode Trial The Nagode Trial ( sl, Nagodetov proces) was a political show trial in PR Slovenia, Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in 1947.Vodušek Starič, Jerca. 1993. Nagodetov proces. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 7, p. 270. Ljubljana: Mladinska knj ...

; he was sentenced to seven years in prison, but was released after four years.

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