Pavol Hrivnák (9 October 1931 – 3 February 1995) was a Slovak politician who served as

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of the Slovak Socialist Republic from June to December 1989.

Biography

Hrivnák was born in

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on 9 October 1931. He was a member of the Slovak Communist Party and the

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. He was named member of the Slovak Communist Party Politburo in May 1971 and became Politburo member of the Czech Communist Party in December 1986. On 12 October 1988, he was named first deputy minister in the federal government led by

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. Hrivnák was appointed

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on 22 June 1989, replacing

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in the post, but his tenure lasted very brief and on 8 December 1989, Hrivnák and his cabinet resigned. The chairmanship of the Slovak National Council (SNR) accepted the resignation. Then

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was asked to form a new cabinet. Hrivnák died on 3 February 1995 in

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and was buried in the National Cemetery.

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