Pavol Hamžík
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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]
Quick Facts Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia, 5th Foreign Minister of Slovakia ...
Pavol Hamžík | |
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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 | (1954-08-20) 20 August 1954 (age 69) Trenčín, Czechoslovakia |
Political party | Party of Civic Understanding Direction – Social Democracy |
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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]