page_title: Matica slovenská
section_title: Leaders
hierarchical_section_title: Matica slovenská / Leaders
caption_attribution_description: Gallery of famous Slovak people, active in different areas (history, literature, education, religion, science). Published on occasion of establishing Matica slovenská ("Slovak Foundation"), major patriotic organization. List of portraited personalities: Ján Mallý-Dusarov, Juraj Tvrdý, Jozef Kozáček, Štefan Moyzes, Martin Čulen, Karol Kuzmány, Štefan Závodník, Michal Chrástek, Viliam Pauliny-Tóth, Michal Miloslav Hodža, Štefan Marko Daxner, Ján Francisci-Rimavský, Ján Gotčár, Andrej Ľudovít Radlinský, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonáš Záborský, Jozef Karol Viktorin, Mikuláš Štefan Ferienčík, Ján Kalinčiak, Martin Hattala, Ján Palárik, František Víťazoslav Sasinek, Andrej Sládkovič, Daniel Gabriel Lichard, Ján Čipka, Juraj Slota, Andrej Kossa
context_page_description: The Matica slovenská is Slovakia's scientific and cultural institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation.
  This all-nation cultural institution of the Slovaks was established in 1863 as a result of the Slovak national efforts to lay the foundations of Slovak science, libraries and museums.
  Nowadays it is governed by the "Act on Matica slovenská" of 1997.
  The anniversary of the 1863 establishment of Matica slovenská on August 4 is locally known as Deň Matice Slovenskej, a Remembrance Day in Slovakia.
context_section_description: Since its establishment, the Matica has been headed by important figures from Slovak social and cultural life.
  Chairmen and/or vice-chairmen of the Matica:
  1863 – 1869 Štefan Moyzes
  1870 – 1875 Jozef Kozáček
  1919 – 1926 Matúš Dula
  1919 – 1921 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
  1919 – 1926 František Richard Osvald
  1919 – 1950 Vavro Šrobár
  1922 – 1930 Juraj Janoška
  1926 – 1943 Marián Blaha
  1931 – 1939 Ján Vanovič
  1931 – 1949 Jozef Országh
  1945 – 1954 Jur Hronec
  1945 – 1950, 1968 – 1973, 1974 – 1976 Laco Novomeský
  1973 – 1990 Vladimír Mináč
  1990 Viliam Gruska
  1990 – 2010 Jozef Markuš
  2010 – present Marián Tkáč
  Over the years secretaries and/or administrators of the Matica have included:
  Pavel Mudroň, Michal Chrástek, Jozef Škultéty, Ján Vlček, Štefan Krčméry, R. Klačko, Jozef Cíger Hronský, J. Martík, P. Vongrej. I. Sedlák and M. A. Kováč.
caption: Founding fathers of Matica slovenská
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