Andrej Hlinka (27 September 1864 - 16 August 1938) was a Slovak politician and Catholic priest, one of the most important Slovak public activists and nationalists in Czechoslovakia before the Second World War. He was the leader of the Slovak People's Party, papal chamberlain (since 1924), inducted papal protonotary (since 1927), member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and chairman of the St. Vojtech Group (organization publishing religious books).