What is Peter Colotka?
'''Peter Colotka''' (10 January 1925 – 21 April 2019) was a [[Slovaks|Slovak]] [[academic]], [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]. He served as the [[Prime Minister of Slovakia|Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic]] from 1969 to 1988. He was became the [[Czechoslovak]] [[ambassador]] to [[France]] in late 1988 and served until January 1990. In 1990, he was [[arrest]]ed and [[wikt:accuse|accused]] of [[embezzlement]], abuse of power and [[theft]]. Charges were dropped in 1994.<ref name=death>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hlavnydennik.sk/2019/04/21/zomrel-komunisticky-politik-a-byvaly-slovensky-premier-peter-colotka/|title=Zomrel komunistický politik a bývalý slovenský premiér Peter Colotka|work=Hlavný denník|lang=sk|date=21 April 2019|access-date=22 April 2019|author=Králik, Peter|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422003249/https://www.hlavnydennik.sk/2019/04/21/zomrel-komunisticky-politik-a-byvaly-slovensky-premier-peter-colotka/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Colotka was born in the [[village]] of [[Sedliacka Dubová]]. He studied law at [[Comenius University]] in [[Bratislava]]. He died on 21 April 2019, at the age of 94.<ref name=death/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Colotka, Peter}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:Czechoslovak academics]] [[Category:Ambassadors to France]] [[Category:Czechoslovak communist politicians]] [[Category:Slovak lawyers]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Slovakia]] [[Category:Žilina Region]] {{Bio-stub}}