Farhod SALIM

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;

2021-2024 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan;

As of May 6, 2024, was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Japan.

Speaks Tajik, Russian and English languages.

Married, has 3 children.