Andrej Hlinka

Andrej Hlinka
Hlinka in 1937
TitlePapal chamberlain, protonotary apostolic
Personal life
Born(1864-09-27)27 September 1864
Csernova, Rózsahegy, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died16 August 1938(1938-08-16) (aged 73)
Ružomberok, Czechoslovakia
Political partyCatholic People's Party (until 1901)
Slovak National Party
Slovak People's Party (1914–1938)
Religious life
ReligionCatholic
InstituteSt. Vojtech Fellowship

Andrej Hlinka (born 27 September 1864 – 16 August 1938) was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest and politician who was one of the most important Slovak public activists in Czechoslovakia before World War II. He was the leader of the Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, a papal chamberlain, inducted papal protonotary, member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia, and chairman of the St. Vojtech Fellowship (a religious publication organization).