The Washington Diplomat

Republic of Azerbaijan
His Excellency Yashar Aliyev

Yashar Aliyev became ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States on Nov. 16, 2006.

Ambassador Aliyev previously served as Azerbaijan’s permanent representative to the United Nations since January 2002, during which time he was chairman of the Fourth Committee of Special Political and Decolonization of the 60th U.N. General Assembly, vice president of the 59th General Assembly, vice president of the Economic and Social Council (2004-05), and vice president of the U.N. Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (2001).

Ambassador Aliyev began his diplomatic career at the United Nations 14 years ago, serving as political affairs counselor and chargé d’affaires of the Azeri Permanent Mission. In addition, from 1993 to 2006, he was a member of the Delegation of Azerbaijan to the U.N. General Assembly. Ambassador Aliyev, who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989, has also held posts as political officer, first secretary and deputy in the Ministry’s Department of Information and Political Analysis, as well as head of the Ministry’s Department of International Organizations.

Ambassador Aliyev holds a degree in Oriental studies from Azerbaijan State University, and he pursued post-graduate work at the Oriental Studies Institute of the Soviet Union’s Academy of Sciences in Moscow, also studying for a year at the Diplomatic Academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He is fluent in English, Arabic, Russian and Turkish and has two children.

Embassy
of Azerbaijan
2741 34th St. NW
Washington, DC 20008

Tel: (202) 337-3500
Fax: (202) 337-5911