Pavol Hamžík

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 70)
Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Political partyParty of Civic Understanding
Direction – Social Democracy

Pavol Hamžík (born 20 August 1954) is a former Foreign Minister of Slovakia from 1996 to 1997 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.

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

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

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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