Pavol Hamžík

Slovak diplomat
Pavol Hamžík
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
30 October 1998 – May 2001
5th Foreign Minister of Slovakia
In office
27 August 1996 – 25 May 1997
Prime MinisterVladimír Mečiar
Preceded byJuraj Schenk
Succeeded byZdenka Kramplová
Personal details
Born (1954-08-20) 20 August 1954 (age 69)
Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Political partyParty of Civic Understanding
Direction – Social Democracy

Pavol Hamžík (born 20 August 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. Hamžík also studied diplomacy in Moscow (1989–1991).[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
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