Pulat Habibovich Abdullayev (russian: Пулат Хабибович Абдуллаев) (born 16 January 1942) is a Russian career

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

. Abdullayev graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

in 1966, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The enti ...

and abroad. From 1991 to 26 May 1995, Abdullayev was the Ambassador of Russia to

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Re ...

. When the Russian Federation formed in 1993, he was promoted to the rank of

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia North Asia or Northern Asia, also referred to as Siberia, is the northern region of Asia, which is defined in geographic ...

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

on October 18, 1993.Ельцин, Б.Н. (18 октября 1993 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о присвоении Абдуллаеву П.Х. дипломатического ранга Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла"
/ref> He left that post on May 26, 1995.Ельцин, Б.Н. (26 мая 1995 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации об освобождении Абдуллаева П.Х. от обязанностей Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла Российской Федерации в Республике Джибути"
/ref> Serving as the lead advisor of the Department of Security and Disarmament of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995–2000), Abdullayev represented the Russian Federation at the Disarmament Commission of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...

. He led the team of Russian diplomats responsible for Safeguards, Transparency and Irreversibility talks with the United States on the exchange of information on disarmament. In April 1999, he testified before the Commission that the NATO incursion in the Balkans would be detrimental for the progress of ratifying the 1993

START II START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It was signed by US President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yel ...

arms treaty. From May 26, 2000, to March 24, 2006, Abdullayev was the Ambassador of Russia to

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

, with concurrent accreditation to Equatorial Guinea.Путин, В.В. (26 мая 2000 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о назначении Абдуллаева П.Х. Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Российской Федерации в Республике Камерун и в Республике Экваториальная Гвинея по совместительству"
/ref>Путин, В.В. (24 марта 2006 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о Абдуллаеве П.Х."
/ref> In 2002, Abdullayev was awarded the Order of Honor. An honorary member of the Belgian Royal Society of Napoleonic Research, under the

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''A. Platov'', Abdullayev's book ''So Said Napoleon'' (russian: Так говорил Наполеон) was published in 2003.

Personal life

Abdullayev speaks Russian, English and

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, and he is married with two children.

Works

* ''So Said Napoleon'' (russian: Так говорил Наполеон) -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullayev, Pulat Habibovich 1942 births Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Djibouti Ambassadors of Russia to Cameroon Ambassadors of Russia to Equatorial Guinea Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Living people Russian male writers