On 29.04.2005
the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Mr. Fuad Ismayilov presented his credentials to the Federal President
of the Republic of Austria Mr. Heinz Fischer.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Ismayilov was serving as Deputy
Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe (January 2004 -
February 2005).
Mr. Ismayilov
has served in many capacities in the course of his career, including
progressively as Second and First Secretary, Head of Division, and Acting Head
of the Department for Human Rights, Democratization and Humanitarian Affairs in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan (1999-2004); as Attaché, Third
Secretary, Embassy of Azerbaijan in Austria and the Permanent Mission of
Azerbaijan to the international organizations in Vienna (1995-99); and as Senior
Specialist, Consultant in the Executive Office of the President of Azerbaijan,
Department of Foreign Relations (1992-95).
Mr. Ismayilov
has a degree in International Law from the Faculty of International Relations
and International Law, Baku State University, and a degree in Arabic and Arab
Philology from the Faculty of Oriental Languages, Baku State University.
As a new Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the
International Organizations, H.E. Mr. Fuad Ismayilov presented his credentials
on 05.05.2005 to Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General of the United Nations
Office in Vienna.
On 10.05.2005 Ambassador Ismayilov presented his credentials to Mr. Wolfgang Hoffmann, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
On 11.05.2005 Ambassador presented his credentials to Mr. Carlos Magariños, the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
On 19.05.2005
Ambassador also presented his credentials to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, the Director
General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.