Samir Anvar oglu Sharifov

He was born on November 25, 1976, in Baku.

From 2000 to 2004, he worked at the Department of International Law and Treaties of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; from 2004 to 2007, at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe; and from 2007 to 2009, again at the Department of International Law and Treaties. From 2009 to 2014, he served as First Secretary and Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations; during Azerbaijan’s 2012–2013 term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, he was its political coordinator.

From 2014 to 2018, he served as Deputy Head of the Department of International Law and Treaties; from 2018 to 2021, as Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Russian Federation; and from 2021 to 2023, as Head of the Department of International Law and Treaties. By Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated September 8, 2023, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; by Order dated July 8, 2026, he was awarded the diplomatic rank of “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.”

From 1993 to 1997, he studied International Law at the Faculty of International Law and International Relations of Baku State University, earning a bachelor’s degree; from 1998 to 2000, he pursued a master’s degree; and from 2000 to 2003, postgraduate studies. In 2002, he attended courses at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy, and in 2003, at Stockholm University in the field of human rights.