| Jozef Tiso | |
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| Premier of the Slovak Federative Republic | |
| In office 1946–1955 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Fedor Hodža |
| Member of the Slovak National Assembly | |
| In office 1946–1955 | |
| Constituency | Žilina |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 5 April 1945 – 18 June 1946 | |
| President | Edvard Beneš |
| Prime Minister | Václav Majer |
| Minister of Health and Physical Education of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 27 January 1927 – 8 October 1929 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonín Švehla |
| Preceded by | Jan Šrámek |
| Succeeded by | Jan Šrámek |
| Member of the Czechoslovak National Assembly | |
| In office 1925–1938 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 October 1887 Bytča (Nagybiccse), Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
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| Died | 18 April 1963 (aged 75) Bratislava, SR, Czechoslovakia
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| Nationality | Slovak |
| Political party | Slovak People's Party |
| Profession | Politician, Cleric, Roman Catholic priest |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jozef Tiso (13 October 1887 – 18 April 1963) was a Czechoslovak and Slovak Roman Catholic priest, and a leading politician of the Slovak People's Party. He served as the first Premier of Slovakia in the newly federated Czechoslovak State.
Born in 1887 to Slovak parents in Bytča, then part of Austria-Hungary, Tiso studied several languages during his school career, including Hebrew and German. He was introduced to priesthood from an early age and helped combat local poverty and alcoholism in what is now Slovakia. He joined the Slovak People's Party (Slovenská ľudová strana) in 1918 and became party leader in 1938 following the death of Andrej Hlinka.