IMOMI SODIQ ASHURBOYZODA
DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
DOB: July 28, 1967
Place of birth: Republic of Tajikistan
Nationality: Tajik
Diplomatic Rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 1st Class
EDUCATION:
1984-1991 - graduated from the Tajik State University with a degree in lawyer;
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
1986-1988 – Military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR;
1991-1993 - Investigator, Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor of the Rudaki District;
1993-1995 - First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
1995-1997 - Head of the Division, Deputy Head of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
1997-2002 - Head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
2002-2011 - Adviser to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on foreign policy;
2011-2014 - Consul General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Ufa, Russian Federation;
2014-2016 - Head of the CIS Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
2016-2021 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent;
2020-2021 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan concurrently to the State of Israel, Tashkent;
As of April 27, 2021, was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Speaks Russian and English languages.
Married, has 5 children.
FARHOD SALIM
Deputy Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of The Republic Of Tajikistan
DOB: April 30, 1975
Place of birth: Republic of Tajikistan
Nationality: Tajik
Diplomatic Rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 1st Class
EDUCATION:
1992-1993 - Student of the State University of Kulob;
1998 - Graduated from the Staten Island College, City University of New York, USA;
1999 – 2004 Graduated Tajik State University, Law degree;
Alumni of: Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Institute for Diplomatic Studies – Ministry of Foreign affairs of Egypt. Near East and South Asia Center for strategic studies, Washington D.C.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
1998-1999 – Attaché, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Tajikistan to the UN, New York;
1999-2001 - Second Secretary of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
2001-2003 - First Secretary, Division of Regional organizations, International Organizations’ Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Tajikistan;
2003-2007 - First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels;
2007-2008 – Counselor of the Division of Regional organizations, International Organizations’ Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
2008-2009 - Head of Division of Regional organizations, International Organizations’ Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
2009-2011 - Head of the Europe and America Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe;
2011-2014 - Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the United States of America, Washington;
2014-2020 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the USA, Washington;
As of April 27, 2021, was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Speaks Russian and English languages.
Married, has 3 children.