Pavol Čarnogurský was an influential Slovak People's Party politician in the Slovak State and afterwards an anti-communist dissident. He was a member of the Slovak parliament from 1939 to 1945, including when it passed antisemitic legislation. Čarnogurský said that he abstained from the vote on Decree 68/1942, which legalized the deportation of Jews from Slovakia. His son, Ján Čarnogurský, became prime minister briefly after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
- Occupation
- politician, historian, teacher, editing staff
- Citizenship
- Slovakia, Czechoslovakia
- Born
- January 22, 1908, January 21, 1908
- Died
- December 27, 1992
