Araz Azimov
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Araz Azimov Azerbaijani: Araz Əzimov | |
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| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan | |
| Assumed office 1994 | |
| President | Heydar Aliyev (1994-2003), Ilham Aliyev (2003-present) |
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| Born | 13 June 1962 |
Araz Boyukagha oghlu Azimov (Azerbaijani: Araz Böyükağa oğlu Əzimov, born 13 June 1962, Baku), is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Azerbaijan, a position he has held since 1994.
Azimov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on 13 June 1962. From 1978 to 1984, he studied at the Oriental Studies faculty of Azerbaijan State University, now Baku State University, where he majored in Persian language studies.[1] After graduation, he was an announcer in the Foreign Service department of the Azerbaijan State Teleradio Company, where he served until 1989, during which time he was also a military translator in Afghanistan.
Political career
Azimov started his diplomatic career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijani SSR in 1989. He served there as a second and first secretary at the Department of Information until 1991. In 1991 and 1992, Azimov was deputy director at the same department. In 1992, he was appointed director of the Department of International Organizations in the Ministry. From 1994 until the present, he has been Deputy Foreign Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. His diplomatic rank is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[2] He was awarded the For service to the Fatherland Order (2nd class) of Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev in July 2019.[3]
