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Slovak Social Democratic Party of the

Kingdom of Hungary
The Slovak Social Democratic Party of the Kingdom of
Hungary, or Slovak Executive Committee, was a Slovak social Slovak Social Democratic
democratic political party in the Kingdom of Hungary, existing as an Party of the Kingdom of
Hungary
independent party from June 1905 to March 1906 and affiliated with
the Hungarian Social Democratic Party an autonomous Nationality Chairperson Emanuel
Committee from 1906 to 1918.[1][2][3] Emanuel Lehocký was the Lehocký
chairman of the party. The central organ of the party was Slovenské Founded June 1905
robotnícke noviny.[4] Dissolved December
1918
The Slovak social democrats had decided at their first congress in
Split from Hungarian
Pressburg in June 1905 to form a party of their own, breaking out of
Social
the fold of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party.[3] However the
Democratic
Slovak social democrats were unable to wrest control over trade Party
unions, the main source of financial means for the social democratic
Merged into Czechoslovak
parties, from the Hungarian Social Democratic Party.[3] Thus the
Social
following year the Second Slovak Social Democratic Congress, held Democratic
in March 1906, resolved to reunite with the Hungarian party as the Workers'
Slovak Executive Committee.[3] The Slovak Executive Committee Party
rallied Slovak workers in Hungary for the social democratic cause.
Newspaper Slovenské
The organization had a high degree of political autonomy. It sent its
robotnícke
own delegations to the congresses of the Hungarian Social noviny
Democratic Party.[3] There was however criticism within the
Membership (1908) 6,346
Hungarian Social Democratic Party that the Slovak Executive
Committee espoused separatism and were funded by the Czechoslav Ideology Social
party leadership in Prague.[5] democracy
National affiliation Hungarian
The 1906 annual congress of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party Social
confirmed the role of the nationality committees in the party. At the Democratic
time of the Third Slovak Social Democratic Congress held in March Party (1906-
1908 the Slovak Executive Committee represented 6,346 members, 1918)
organized in trade union organizations in 35 localities and Slovak Politics of Hungary
committees in six cities.[6]
Political parties
The party merged with the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Labour Elections
Party on December 15, 1918.[1][4] After integration into the
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Labour Party in 1918, the Slovak Executive Committee enjoyed
substantial autonomy. However, by 1920 the party leadership in Prague curtailed the autonomy of the
Slovak branch. It also reduced the number of Slovak representatives in the party leadership from three to
one.[3]

References
1. Lipták, L'ubomír. Changes of Changes: Society and Politics in Slovakia in the 20th Century (https://b
ooks.google.com/books?id=x8HZAAAAMAAJ). Bratislava: Acad. Electronic Press [u.a.], 2002. p.
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2. Strhan, Milan. Slovakia and the Slovaks: A Concise Encyclopedia (https://books.google.com/books?i
d=BWYiAQAAIAAJ). Bratislava: Encycloped. Inst. of the Slovak Acad. of Sciences [u.a.], 1994. p.
345
3. Duin, Pieter van. Central European Crossroads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in
Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921 (https://books.google.com/books?id=a3fm4Fpj8dQC&pg=PA139).
New York: Berghahn Books, 2009. pp. 138-139, 376
4. Škvarna, Dušan, Július Bartl, and David Paul Daniel. Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon (https://b
ooks.google.com/books?id=3orG2yZ9mBkC&pg=PA312). Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci
Publishers, 2000. p. 312
5. Kirschbaum, Joseph. Slovak Culture Through the Centuries Proccedings of the Conference on
Slovak Culture Held in Rome, Italy, between June 21. and 23. 1975, Within the General Assambly of
the Slovak World Congress (https://books.google.com/books?id=j8N8AAAAMAAJ). Toronto: The
Slovak World Congress, 1978. p. 282
6. Duin, Pieter van. Central European Crossroads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in
Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921 (https://books.google.com/books?id=a3fm4Fpj8dQC&pg=PA140).
New York: Berghahn Books, 2009. pp. 140

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