Ambassador's CV

Gursel Qudrat oglu ISMAYILZADA

CURRICULUM VITAE

1971                           date of birth, Baku

Education

1987-1992                 Department of Orientalism, Baku State University

1996-97                           Study of Japanese Language, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan, by the scholarship of Japanese Ministry of Education

1998-2000                       Master’s program on International Relations, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

2000-2004                       Ph.D. Program on International Relations, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Work Experience

1992-93                           Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Baku

1993-96                           Third Secretary, Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2005                                 First Secretary, 2^nd Territorial Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2005-2009                       First Secretary, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Japan

2010                                 Counsellor, 2^nd Territorial Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2010-2011                       Head of Minister’s Secretariat, Assistant to Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2011                                 Rank of Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

2011-2019                       Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Japan

2019 - 2020                     Director General of Human Resources Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2020                                 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Japan

Awards                      Awarded “Tereqqi” (Progress) medal by the President of

the Republic of Azerbaijan

Foreign Languages           Japanese, English, Russian, Arabic, Persian

Martial Status                      Married with one child (boy)