Slovak National Council
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The Slovak National Council is the name of different types of supreme bodies in the history of Slovakia
. They existed within the Kingdom of Hungary
, Czechoslovakia
or the Slovak Republic or were bodies of Slovak exiles:
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. They existed within the Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
or the Slovak Republic or were bodies of Slovak exiles:
- Slovak National Council (1848–1849) (during the 1848/1949 revolution), a Slovak political body, which was created in Vienna on September 15-16, 1848 during the Revolutions of 1848 (there is a commemorative tablet near the Karlskirche in Vienna). It was led by Ľudovít Štúr, Jozef Miloslav Hurban and Michal Miloslav Hodža
- Slovak National Council (1914) (an attempt by M. Dula during World War I)
- Slovak National Council (1918) (adopted the Declaration of the Slovak Nation)
- Slovak National Council (1920, 1933) (the Slovak National Council of F. Jehlička; a body of Slovak exiles)
- Slovak National Council (1939-1940) (the Slovak National Council of Milan HodžaMilan HodžaMilan Hodža was a prominent Slovak politician and journalist, serving from 1935 to 1938 as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and in December 1935 as the acting President of Czechoslovakia...
) - Slovak National Council (1943-1960), called "Slovak National Council Abroad" since 1948 (a body of Slovak exiles)
- Slovak National Council Slovak National CouncilThe Slovak National Council is the name of different types of supreme bodies in the history of Slovakia. They existed within the Kingdom of Hungary, Czechoslovakia or the Slovak Republic or were bodies of Slovak exiles:...
(1943–1992), which was renamed National Council of the Slovak Republic on October 1, 1992