İlqar Muxtarov | |
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Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the Holy See | |
Assumed office 17 October 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rahman Mustafayev |
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Mexico | |
In office 14 April 2009 – 27 January 2016 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mammad Talibov |
Personal details | |
Born | Baku, Azeri SSR, USSR | 29 September 1969
Parent(s) |
Yusif Muxtarov Amaliya Panahova |
Alma mater | Baku State University |
Awards | Fatherland Service Order |
Mukhtarov Ilgar Yusif oglu ( Azerbaijani: Muxtarov İlqar Yusif oğlu; born 29 September 1969 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani diplomat, and lawyer who is the incumbent ambassador to the Holy See. [1] He previously served as his country's first ambassador to Mexico (having previously served as a chargé d'affaires) from 2009 to 2016, being also concurrently accredited to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Panama and Peru. [2]
Born in Baku, he was the son of acting couple Yusif Muxtarov and Amaliya Panahova. [2]
He worked as a chargé d'affaires in the embassy in Mexico City until he was appointed ambassador in April 2009, [3] being subsequently accredited to five other Latin American countries. [2] During his tenure as non-resident ambassador to Peru, talks to open an embassy in Lima were successfully carried out. [4] [5]
Mukhtarov is fluent in Russian, English, Turkish, Arabic, and has a working understanding of Spanish. He is married and has a son. [6]