Sirojiddin Muhriddin (; born Sirojiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov (; 17 February 1964) is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan since 2013. Muhriddin previously worked as a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the

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from 2006 to 2013.

Biography

Muhriddin graduated with an engineering degree in 1986 from Odesa Hydro-Meteorological Institute in

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. Muhriddin continued his studies by receiving an additional degree in International Economic Relations from the

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. In the early stages of Muhriddin's career, he had published several research papers based on the

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. In the early 2000s, he made a transition into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was first appointed as a deputy minister. While being the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was also Chairman of the Executive Committee for Saving the Aral Sea and the National Coordinator for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Affairs. After a year as serving Deputy, Muhriddin was appointed as the Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations as well as the non-resident ambassador to

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. After seven years of work within the

he became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan in 2013.

Awards

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(Tajikistan) (2010) *

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(

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) (2017) * Order "Fidokorona khizmatlari uchun" (2018)

Personal life

He is married, with five children, and speaks

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, Uzbek and

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# Tajikistani diplomats Living people Permanent representatives of Tajikistan to the United Nations 1964 births Foreign ministers of Tajikistan Government ministers of Tajikistan Ambassadors of Tajikistan to Cuba {{Tajikistan-politician-stub

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