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.