Anton Hrnko (born 31 January 1955 in
Žilina
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,
Czechoslovakia
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) is a Slovak historian
and politician; a member of the
Slovak National Party
The Slovak National Party (, SNS) is an ultranationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and European Christian values.
Since 1990 SNS has won seats in every Slovak pa ...
;
and a former member of the
National Council of Slovakia
The National Council of the Slovak Republic (, abbreviated to ''NR SR'') is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral and consists of 150 members, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation with seats dis ...
.
He was formerly a member of
Czechoslovakia's communist party.
On 10 March 2019 his wife Blanka, son Martin and daughter Michala were passengers on
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. On 10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 ai ...
, which crashed shortly after take-off, resulting in the deaths of all those on board.
He is a co-author of the book "" ("Slovak history from dawn to present").
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Living people
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1992–1994
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020
Slovak National Party politicians
1955 births
21st-century Slovak historians
Slovak male writers
21st-century male writers
People from Žilina
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