Elnur Israfil oglu Mammadov

He was born in Baku in 1981.

Over the years, he has served as an adviser to the Minister of Education, head of a department in the Ministry of Taxes, and deputy general director, member and chairman of the board of directors at a private law firm and enterprises with substantial investment. From 2007 to 2010, he taught international commercial transactions in English at the Department of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law at Baku State University.

Before being appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was head of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In April 2021, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by an Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In September 2021, he was appointed Agent of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan before the International Court of Justice, and in July 2023 he was awarded the highest diplomatic rank of “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.”

He graduated with honors from the bachelor's (2002) and master's (2004) programs in international law at the Faculty of International Law and International Relations of Baku State University. In 2005, he completed the master's program at the University of Washington School of Law with honors. In 2018, he graduated from INSEAD Business School in France, specializing in management.