Career
He was a cousin of Josef Tiso, the President of the Republic. He became Prime Minister (replacing Vojtech Tuka), Foreign Minister (replacing also Vojtech Tuka) and Minister of Justice (replacing Gejza Fritz) of the Slovak Republic. In the latter position in 1944 he pressed for death sentences against leaders of the pro-allied Slovak National Council.
In a postwar trial, Štefan Tiso was given a life sentence.