Ron Hamm

{{Short description|American politician (1951–2019)}}

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| office = 5th Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources

| governor = Jim Gilmore

| term_start = October 22, 2001

| term_end = January 12, 2002

| preceded = John Paul Woodley Jr.

| succeeded = W. Tayloe Murphy Jr.

| birthname = Ronald Parks Hamm

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|02|16}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|09|04|1951|02|16}}

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| party = Republican

| spouse = Cheryl Wakefield

| education = College of William & Mary
Virginia Commonwealth University

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Ronald Parks Hamm (February 16, 1951 – September 4, 2019) was an American political operative who served as Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources under Governor Jim Gilmore. He previously served as Gilmore's Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources and as an aide to Virginia Congressmen Tom Davis and Tom Bliley.{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Harper|title=Gilmore Won't Stop Wetland Drainage|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=August 14, 1999|url=https://richmond.com/gilmore-wont-stop-wetland-drainage/article_1ddbeaa5-cf71-5086-a6f0-b9fdadc0b79b.html|accessdate=January 12, 2022}}{{cite web|first=Joel|last=McCord|title=Va. governor agrees to sign bay cleanup pact; Accord seeks reduction of sprawl in watershed|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-05-04-0005040146-story.html|date=May 4, 2000|accessdate=January 12, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://richmond.com/obituaries/hamm-ronald/article_5b1927bf-98ae-5619-b8c7-73c3f532e0ce.html |title=Hamm, Ronald |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=September 10, 2019 |accessdate=January 12, 2022}}