Vojtech Tuka

Vojtech Tuka
Vojtech Tuka in October 1939
Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office 26 October 1939 – 5 September 1944
President	Jozef Tiso
Preceded by	Jozef Tiso
Succeeded by	Štefan Tiso
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 October 1939 – 2 September 1944
Preceded by	Ferdinand Ďurčanský
Deputy, Czechoslovak Parliament
In office 1925 (1925)–1929 (1929)
Personal details
Born	(1880-07-04)4 July 1880 Hegybánya, Kingdom of Hungary (now Štiavnické Bane, Slovakia)
Died	20 August 1946(1946-08-20) (aged 66) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Nationality	Slovak
Political party	Slovak People's Party
Occupation	Politician, lawyer, professor, editor
Profession	Law

Vojtech Lázar "Béla" Tuka (4 July 1880 – 20 August 1946) was a Slovak politician who served as prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the First Slovak Republic between 1939 and 1945. Tuka was one of the main forces behind the deportation of Slovak Jews to Nazi concentration camps in German occupied Poland. He was the leader of the radical wing of the Slovak People's Party.