BIOGRAPHY OF AMBASSADOR
______________________________ EMIL KARIMOV__________________________________________
D A T E O F B I R T H : 26 July 1966
P L A C E O F B I R T H : Baku, Azerbaijan
MA R I T A L S T A T U S : Married; has twin daughters.
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E D U C A T I O N :
1983 - 1988 Azerbaijan State University: Faculty of History. (Baku, Azerbaijan)
23 Sep. - 14 Nov. 1996 Diplomatic English Course (Foreign Affairs Education Center; Ankara, Turkey)
January 1997 International Conference. (Stockholm, Sweden)
5 May - 26 July 1997 General and Military English Course (The University College of Ripon and York St John, United Kingdom)
4 - 11 September 1997 Halki International Seminar on the European Union and its Eastern Neighbors: Security, Cooperation and Human Rights (The Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy; Halki, Greece)
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W O R K E X P E R I E N C E :
August 2022 - present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the State of Kuwait
2021 - August 2022 Deputy Head of the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2020 - 2021 Deputy Head of the Second European Department and Head of the Southern Europe Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2016 - 2020 Head of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2010 - 2015 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Bulgaria
2005 - 2010 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of San Marino
2005 - 2010 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Malta
2004 - 2010 Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN World Food Program (WFP)
2004 - 2010 Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
2004 - 2010 Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2004 - 2010 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Italy
2004 Deputy Head of the Second (Eastern) Territorial Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2002-2004 Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Türkiye
1998 - 2002 Third, Second, and First Secretary Embassy of the Republic of in the Republic of Türkiye
1995 - 1998 Third Secretary of the European, US, and Canadian Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1988 - 1995 Senior Researcher, Junior Researcher at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, History Institute