Pavol Hrivnák (9 October 1931 – 3 February 1995) was a
Slovak politician who served as
prime minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
of
the Slovak Socialist Republic from June to December 1989.
Biography
Hrivnák was born in
Malý Čepčín
Malý Čepčín () is a village and municipality in Turčianske Teplice District in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1254. Before the establishment of independent Cz ...
on 9 October 1931.
He was a member of the
Slovak Communist Party and the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Com ...
.
[ 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 ]Ladislav Adamec
Ladislav Adamec (10 September 1926 – 14 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak communist politician.
Early life
Adamec was born in Moravia on 10 September 1926. From 1958 to 1961 he studied at the Political College of the Central Committee of th ...
. Hrivnák was appointed Prime Minister of Slovakia
The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak language, Slovak: ''Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky''), commonly referred to in Slovakia as ''Predseda vlády'' or informally as ''Prem ...
on 22 June 1989, replacing Ivan Knotek in the post, but his tenure lasted very brief and on 8 December 1989, Hrivnák and his cabinet resigned.Milan Čič
Milan Čič (2 January 1932 – 9 November 2012) was a Slovak lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic from 1989 to 1990.
Čič entered politics in 1961 as a member of the Communist Party of Czechos ...
was asked to form a new cabinet.[
Hrivnák died on 3 February 1995 in ]Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
and was buried in the National Cemetery.[
]
See also
* List of prime ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic
References
External links
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1931 births
1995 deaths
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians
Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) politicians
Government ministers of Czechoslovakia
People from Turčianske Teplice District
Prime ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic