Deputies of Minister

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.