Pavol Hamžík is former Foreign Minister of Slovakia from 1996 to 1997 in cabinet of Vladimír Mečiar

Vladimír Meciar

Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998. He is the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia...

 and also member of government of prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda

Mikuláš Dzurinda

Mikuláš Dzurinda is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. He was a founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union...

. He is currently the foreign policy advisor of Robert Fico

Robert Fico

Robert Fico served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from July 4, 2006 to July 8, 2010.He is the leader of the left-wing party Direction – Social Democracy . The party won the parliamentary elections in 2006, receiving approximately 30 percent of the cast votes...

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He studied law at Comenius University in Bratislava

Comenius University in Bratislava

Comenius University in Bratislava is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th century Czech teacher and philosopher.In 2006, Comenius...

, finished in 1978. Mr. Hamžík also studied diplomacy in Moscow (1989–1991).

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