Fariz Fikrat oglu Rzayev

Born in Baku in 1977.

He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the OSCE in Vienna from 2003 to 2005. He continued his diplomatic service at the Ministry from 2005 to 2008 and was seconded to the Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the European Union in Brussels from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he again worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 2013 to 2015, he was Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Education; from June 2015 to January 2017, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry; and from January to June 2017, Chief of Staff. From June 2017, he served as Deputy Head of the Office of the First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Since September 2020, he has been Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From 1994 to 1998, he completed a bachelor's degree in international relations at the Baku State Institute of Social Management and Political Science, and from 1998 to 2000, a master's degree in the same field at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.