Abdulaziz Komilov

Abdulaziz Komilov was born on 16 November 1947 in Yangiyul, Tashkent Region. He graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1972), was a postgraduate student at the USSR Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oriental Studies (1978–1980) and holds a candidate of historical sciences degree; he speaks Arabic and English. In Soviet times he worked at Soviet embassies in Lebanon (1973–1976) and Syria (1980–1984), at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Academy of Sciences' Institute of World Economy and International Relations.

After independence he was an adviser at Uzbekistan's embassy in Russia (1991–1992) and deputy chairman of the National Security Service (1992–1994). In 1994 he became foreign minister and held the post until 2003; in 1998–2003 he was also rector of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy.

In 2003–2010 he was Uzbekistan's ambassador to the United States (also accredited to Canada and Brazil), then first deputy foreign minister from 2010, and on 13 January 2012 he was appointed foreign minister again, serving until April 2022.

On 27 April 2022 he became deputy secretary of the Security Council for foreign policy and security, on 16 June the president's special representative for foreign policy, and by a decree of 14 July 2025 the president's adviser on foreign policy. His honours include the Order of Labour Glory (1996), the Order of Friendship (2011) and the Order for Selfless Service (2017), and, from abroad, Turkmenistan's Order of Galkynysh (2022) and Japan's Order of the Rising Sun (2023).