Native Name: | Slovak: Slovenská autonómna krajina |
Conventional Long Name: | Autonomous Land of Slovakia |
Common Name: | Slovakia |
Era: | Interwar Period |
Status: | Autonomous Republic within the Second Czechoslovak Republic |
Empire: | Second Czechoslovak Republic |
Government Type: | Autonomous Republic |
Event Start: | Amendment of Czechoslovak Constitution |
Date Start: | 23 November |
Year Start: | 1938 |
Event End: | Establishment of Slovak Republic |
Date End: | 14 March |
Year End: | 1939 |
P1: | First Czechoslovak Republic |
Flag P1: | Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg |
S1: | Slovak Republic (1939–1945)Slovak Republic |
Flag S1: | Flag_of_Slovakia_(1939–1945).svg |
Demonym: | Slovak |
National Anthem: | Hej, Slováci |
Capital: | Bratislava |
Common Languages: | Slovak |
Leader1: | Jozef Tiso |
Year Leader1: | 1938-1939 |
Title Leader: | Prime Minister |
Legislature: | Slovak Land Assembly |
Today: | Slovakia |
Image Map Caption: | Second Czechoslovak Republic in 1939 |
The Autonomous Land of Slovakia was an autonomous republic within the Second Czechoslovak Republic, which briefly existed from 23 November 1938 to 14 March 1939, when it declared its independence from Czechoslovakia, due to mounting German pressure. It was led by Jozef Tiso.[1]
The Autonomous Land of Slovakia was established on 23 November 1938, following the enforcement of Constitutional Act No. 299/1938. It was drafted by the leaders of the nationalist Slovak People's Party in July 1938, and submitted to the National Assembly on 17 August 1938.[2] Its main draftsmen were deputies Andrej Hlinka (died August 16, 1938), Karol Sidor, Martin Sokol and Jozef Tiso.
This amendment of the Constitution effectively established a federal republic, named Czecho-Slovakia, instead of the previous spelling of Czechoslovakia. It also established the Slovak Land Assembly as Slovakia's supreme legislative body.[3]