Slovak Socialist Republic
- Slovak Socialist Republic
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 is 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, i.e. 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.
ee also
*Slovaks in Czechoslovakia (1960-1990)
*Constitutional Law of Federation
*History of Czechoslovakia
*Czech Socialist Republic
*Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
*Slovak Republic (1939-1945)
External links
* [http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/texts/constitution.1968.html Constitutional Law of Federation (in Czech)]
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