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 Minister | Vladimír Mečiar |
| Preceded by | Juraj Schenk |
| Succeeded by | Zdenka Kramplová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1954 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Party 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 2 Wolfson, Hannah (September 11, 1996). "Foreign Minister Pavol Hamžík". Slovak Spectator. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hannes Hofbauer: Die Rückkehr der Politik – Im Billiglohnland Slowakei gerät der Neoliberalismus zusehends in die Defensive, Bratislava, junge Welt, January 23, 2008.
- ↑ "European Commission – Delegation to Ukraine – Embassies". Europa. European Union. March 26, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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