Abdulaziz Kamilov

Kamilov was born on November 16, 1947, in Yangiyo'l, Uzbekistan. He graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. From 1978 through 1980, he was a post-graduate student at the Eastern Studies department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He has a PhD in history. ==Early career==

Kamilov worked as an attaché of the Soviet Embassy in Lebanon from 1973 until 1976. In 1980–1984, he worked as the second secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Syria and in 1984–1988 in the Department of Middle Eastern Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Uzbek SSR. In 1988–1991, he worked at the Department of World Economy and Foreign Affairs of the Academy of Science of the USSR. In 1991–1992, he was advisor to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia. ==Uzbek Foreign Service==

Antony J. Blinken at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2021. From 1992 until 1994, Kamilov served as the Deputy Minister of National Security, and in 1994, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. In 2008, while in Washington, he also assumed the duties of ambassador to Brazil. and he returned to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2012. In April 2022, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Security Council for Foreign Policy and Security and on 16 June same year, he was appointed Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Foreign Affairs. ==Awards==

Kamilov has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was awarded Uzbek national awards of Mekhnat Shukhrati and Uzbekiston belgisi. Foreign honours • : Order "Galkynyş" (2022) • : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2023) ==Personal life==

Komilov is fluent in Arabic, English and Russian. He is married and has a son. ==See also==