Pavol Hamžík

Pavol Hamžík
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
October 30, 1998  May 2001
5th Foreign Minister of Slovakia
In office
August 27, 1996  May 25, 1997
Preceded by Juraj Schenk
Succeeded by Zdenka Kramplová
Personal details
Born August 20, 1954
Trenčín, Czechoslovakia

Pavol Hamžík (born August 20, 1954) is a former Foreign Minister of Slovakia[1] from 1996 to 1997[2] in cabinet of Vladimír Mečiar and also member of government of prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda. He is currently the foreign policy advisor of Robert Fico.[3]

He studied law at Comenius University in Bratislava, finished in 1978. Mr. Hamžík also studied diplomacy in Moscow (1989–1991).[1]

Since May 2009 he has been the Slovak ambassador in the Ukraine.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wolfson, Hannah (September 11, 1996). "Foreign Minister Pavol Hamžík". Slovak Spectator. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  2. Paul Hacker; Claiborne Pell (2010). Slovakia on the Road to Independence: An American Diplomat's Eyewitness Account. Penn State Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-271-03623-6. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  3. Hannes Hofbauer: Die Rückkehr der Politik – Im Billiglohnland Slowakei gerät der Neoliberalismus zusehends in die Defensive, Bratislava, junge Welt, January 23, 2008.
  4. "European Commission – Delegation to Ukraine – Embassies". Europa. European Union. March 26, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2010.