| Pavol Hamžík | |
| Order: | Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia |
| Term Start: | 30 October 1998 |
| Term End: | May 2001 |
| Office2: | 5th Foreign Minister of Slovakia |
| Term Start2: | 27 August 1996 |
| Term End2: | 25 May 1997 |
| Primeminister2: | Vladimír Mečiar |
| Predecessor2: | Juraj Schenk |
| Successor2: | Zdenka Kramplová |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Trenčín, Czechoslovakia |
| 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]
. Slovakia on the Road to Independence: An American Diplomat's Eyewitness Account. 2010. Penn State Press. 978-0-271-03623-6. Paul Hacker . Paul Hacker (diplomat) . Claiborne Pell. November 7, 2010. 197.