Khalaf Ali oglu Khalafov

Khalaf Ali oglu Khalafov was born on September 21, 1959, in the territory of the former Armenian SSR. From 1977 to 1982, he studied international law and international relations at Kyiv State University, and from 1990 to 1991, he pursued postgraduate studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the former USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 1983 to 1990, he worked as an inspector and head of department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 1991 to 1992, he served as second secretary at the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1992 to 1997, he served as head of the Treaty and Legal Department and subsequently of the Directorate. From 1997 to 2018, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; from 2018 to 2019, as Head of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers; and in 2019, he again served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In 2002, he was awarded the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and in 2018, the rank of First-Class State Counsellor. In 2009, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Lawyer of Azerbaijan and Poland's Order of the Grand Officer, and in 2019, the 2nd Class Order “For Service to the Motherland”.

On July 24, 2023, he was appointed Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Special Assignments.

Source: Oxu.az.