Franc Snoj (28 January 1902 – 22 April 1962)[1] was a Slovenian politician and economist.
During the Second World War, together with the other members of the Yugoslav government, he emigrated to the U.S. and then to London, where he worked for the liberation of Yugoslavia from the Axis powers.
[1] In 1944 he returned to Slovenia, in cooperation with the Partisans of Josip Broz Tito and the approval of Edvard Kardelj, seeking to get non-communist fighters to join the Partisan struggle for liberation.
[1] After the war he became Minister of Transportation in the national government of Slovenia.
He was the first who opposed the post-war extrajudicial killings at Kočevje Rog.