Khazar Ibrahim ( az, Xəzər İbrahim, born May 30, 1978, in Azerbaijan) is the appointed ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States.

Education

Khazar Ibrahim received a master’s degree in international relations (with distinction) from

Baku State University Baku State University (BSU) ( az, Bakı Dövlət Universiteti (BDU)) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established in 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and ...

and a master’s degree in security studies (with distinction) from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

. He attended a senior course at the NATO Defense College in Rome in 2000—2001. He taught the “Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan” class and the “Post-Soviet Azerbaijan politics” seminar at

Khazar University Khazar University ( az, Xəzər Universiteti, which directly translates as Caspian University) is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Campuses Khazar University owns four campuses in the city of Baku and two campuses in regions ...

in Baku.

Career

A career diplomat, Khazar Ibrahim was appointed as the Republic of Azerbaijan Ambassador to the United States of America on July 26, 2021. Previously, he served as an Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Turkey during 2017—2021. Khazar Ibrahim also served as Head of the Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to NATO with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary between 2011-2017. From 2009 to 2011 he was Deputy Chief of Mission of th
Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States of America
In 2007—2009, he was the spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and deputy spokesman before. In 2005—2006, he worked at the Political-Military Division of the Foreign Ministry, being directly involved in drafting the National Security Concept of Azerbaijan and implementation of the

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with

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. From September 2002 to September 2005, he served at the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United States. His portfolio included political-military, political, and public diplomacy issues. From 1998—2002, he held several positions at the International Organizations and Security Affairs Departments in the Foreign Ministry, responsible for bilateral political-military relations, NATO affairs, arms control, disarmament, and multilateral security issues.

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