Curriculum Vitae of Ambassador

Fikrat Akhundov

Born on 7 October 1966 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Education:

1983-1990 – German - English languages faculty, Azerbaijani University of Foreign Languages. graduated with master’s  degree

Military service:

1985-1987 – military service, Border Troops

Employment:

1990-1999 – Private Sector, Azerbaijan Deposit Bank

January 1999 – Started his career as Second Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  

1999 – OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission

September 1999 – August 2005 – Second secretary, First secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the International Organizations in Vienna

2005 – 2009 – Head, Division of Western Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2009 – 2016 – First secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Federal Republic of Germany

2016 – 2017 – Deputy Head, Human Resources Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2017 – 2019 – First secretary, counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Bulgaria

2019 – Counsellor, Department of Eastern Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

26 December 2019 – present, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Other activities:

1990-1999 – Cooperated in the project within ‘’Wirtgen’’, “Koks Consulting’’ companies in the framework of a TRACECA project

2002 – Observer, Kosovo Municipal Elections

Foreign languages: German, English, Russian

Marital status: married, two children.