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Slovakia: Presidents of the National Council: 1945-1990

Predsedníctvo Delegácie Slovenskej národnej rady | Presidency of the Delegation of the Slovak National Council [1]
21 Jan 1945 - 5 Feb 1945 Michal Falťan
21 Jan 1945 - 21 Feb 1945 Ladislav Laco Novomeský
21 Jan 1945 - 21 Feb 1945 Vavrinec Vavro Ján Šrobár
21 Jan 1945 - 21 Feb 1945 Ján Ursíny
5 Feb 1945 - 21 Feb 1945 Ján Púll [2]
Predsedníctvo Slovenskej národnej rady | Presidency of the Slovak National Council [3]
21 Feb 1945 - 11 Apr 1945 Gustáv Husák [4]
21 Feb 1945 - 11 Apr 1945 Ladislav Laco Novomeský 
21 Feb 1945 - 11 Apr 1945 Ján Púll  [5]
21 Feb 1945 - 11 Apr 1945 Jozef Styk
21 Feb 1945 - 11 Apr 1945 Vavrinec Vavro Ján Šrobár 
21 Feb 1945 - 11 Apr 1945 Ján Ursíny 
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
11 Apr 1945 - 14 Sep 1945 Karol Šmidke [6]
11 Apr 1945 - 26 Feb 1948 Josef Lettrich [7]
Úradujúci predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | Acting President of the Slovak National Council
26 Feb 1948 - 12 Mar 1948 Karol Šmidke 
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
12 Mar 1948 - 30 Jun 1950 Karol Šmidke 
Úradujúci podpredseda Slovenskej národnej rady | Acting Vice-President of the Slovak National Council
30 Jun 1950 - 14 Jul 1950 František Kubač
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
14 Jul 1950 - 15 Jun 1958 František Kubač 
Podpredsedníčka Slovenskej národnej rady | Vice-President of the Slovak National Council (ex officio)
15 Jun 1958 - 23 Jun 1958 Irena Ďurišová
Podpredseda Slovenskej národnej rady | Vice-President of the Slovak National Council (ex officio)
15 Jun 1958 - 23 Jun 1958 František Déneš
15 Jun 1958 - 23 Jun 1958 Jozef Mjartan
15 Jun 1958 - 23 Jun 1958 Michal Žákovič
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
23 Jun 1958 - 14 Jul 1960 Ľudovít Benada
14 Jul 1960 - 28 Jul 1962 Rudolf Strechaj
Podpredseda Slovenskej národnej rady | Vice-President of the Slovak National Council (ex officio)
28 Jul 1962 - 31 Oct 1962 Vasil Bilak
28 Jul 1962 - 31 Oct 1962 Ľudovít Benada 
28 Jul 1962 - 31 Oct 1962 Michal Sabolcík
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
31 Oct 1962 - 23 Sep 1963 Jozef Lenárt [4]
23 Sep 1963 - 14 Mar 1968 Michal Chudík
Podpredseda Slovenskej národnej rady | Vice-President of the Slovak National Council [8]
14 Mar 1968 - 27 Jun 1968 František Barbírek
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
27 Jun 1968 - 26 Mar 1975 Ondrej Klokoč
Podpredseda Slovenskej národnej rady | Vice-President of the Slovak National Council (ex officio)
26 Mar 1975 - 7 Jul 1975 Ján Štencl
26 Mar 1975 - 7 Jul 1975 Štefan Fábry
26 Mar 1975 - 7 Jul 1975 Jozef Gajdošík
26 Mar 1975 - 7 Jul 1975 Herbert Ďurkovič
Predseda Slovenskej národnej rady | President of the Slovak National Council
7 Jul 1975 - 30 Nov 1989 Viliam Šalgovič
30 Nov 1989 - 26 Jun 1990 Rudolf Schuster
  1. A number of the members of the Slovak National Council (SNC) known as "delegation of the SNC" began to function at Trebišov on 21 Jan 1945 and moved to Košice on 1 Feb 1945 where the delegation and its presidency operated until the arrival of the Presidency of the SNC on 21 Feb 1945.
  2. Púll was elected a member of the Presidency of the Delegation of the SNC on 5 Feb 1945 in absentia and joined the body later.
  3. The Presidency of the SNC began to function in Košice on 21 Feb 1945.
  4. Also in Czechoslovakia.
  5. The members serving in rotation: Ján Púll, Anton Rašla, Daniel Ertl (replaced with Jozef Šoltész on 6 Mar 1945).
  6. Baptized (24 Jan 1897): Karl Schmidke.
  7. Lettrich served jointly with Šmidke (11 Apr 1945 - 14 Sep 1945).
  8. Barbírek was one of the Vice-Presidents of the SNC who was assigned to exercise the duties of President of the SNC after the dismissal of Chudík by the resolution of the SNC approved on 14 Mar 1968.