Everything about Slovak Socialist Republic totally explained
From
1969 to
1990, the
Slovak Socialist Republic (
Slovenská socialistická republika in
Slovak; abbreviated
SSR) was the official name of that part of
Czechoslovakia that's
Slovakia today. The name was used from
January 1 1969 until March 1990.
History
After the
occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 liberalisation reforms were halted and then reversed. The only exception was the federalization of the country. The former centralist state of Czechoslovakia was divided in two: the
Czech Socialist Republic and
Slovak Socialist Republic by the
Constitutional Law of Federation of
October 28 1968, which came into effect on
January 1 1969. New national parliaments (the
Czech National Council and the
Slovak National Council) were created and the old parliament of Czechoslovakia was renamed the "Federal Assembly" and was divided in two chambers: the
House of the People (cz:Sněmovna lidu / sk:Snemovňa ľudu) and the
House of Nations (cz:Sněmovna národů / sk:Snemovňa národov). Very complicated rules of voting were put in effect.
Federalization was notional - all the real power was kept by the
communist party. The increased number of "parliaments" conveniently provided more positions for party members though their role was just symbolic.
After the
fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia, the word "socialist" was dropped in the names of the two republics, for example the Slovak Socialist Republic was renamed
Slovak Republic (still part of Czechoslovakia).
The complicated system of parliamentary voting (there were de-facto 5 different bodies each having right of
veto) was kept after the fall of socialism, complicating and delaying political decisions during radical changes in the economy.
Later, in 1993, the Slovak Republic became an independent state and officially took the name Slovakia as a short form - see
dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
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