Leyla Yashar gizi Abdullayeva (, 1981,

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) is an Azerbaijani

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the French Republic and former Head of the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Biography

Leyla Abdullayeva was born in 1981 in

. She studied at

Baku State University Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics ...

, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, bachelor's and master's degrees in

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. Since 2002, Abdullayeva has held diplomatic positions in various departments of the Foreign Ministry, in the Representations of the Republic of Azerbaijan to

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

, the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the

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and the

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. She formerly worked at the Foreign Ministry as deputy director of the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA). On October 4, 2018, Leyla Abdullayeva was appointed the Head of the Press Service of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan () is a Cabinet of Azerbaijan, Cabinet-level governmental agency of Azerbaijan Republic in charge of conducting and designing Foreign relations of Azerbaijan, the country's foreign policy. The ministry w ...

. On October 17, 2022, Leyla Abdullayeva was appointed the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the French Republic.

Awards

* Medal "For Distinction in Diplomatic Service" — July 9, 2018

References

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