peter colotka (10 january 1925 – 21 april 2019) was a slovak academic, lawyer and politician. he served as the 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 arrested and accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and theft. charges were dropped in 1994.