Eldiyor Toshmatov
Uzbek diplomat: since 2024 Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva; previously headed the secretariat of the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis.
Biography
Eldiyor Toshmatov was born on 3 August 1982 in Khanabad, Andijan region. He studied at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent in 2000–2005 and completed a programme at Webster University Tashkent in 2023.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008 as an attaché. He was an attaché at the Permanent Mission in Geneva in 2011–2014 and second secretary in the department for cooperation with European countries and NATO in 2014–2017. In 2017–2018 he was assistant to the Foreign Minister, and in 2018–2019 head of the organizational control department. In 2019–2022 he was a counsellor at the Permanent Mission in Geneva.
From 2022 he headed the secretariat of the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis. On 14 March 2024 he presented his credentials to the Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva as Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan.
In December 2025 he took part in the presentation of a book on Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Education
- University of World Economy and DiplomacyUniversity · Tashkent · 2000–2005
- Webster University TashkentUniversity · Tashkent · 2023–2023
Career
- Senate of the Oliy Majlis of UzbekistanHead of the Chairman of the Senate's secretariat · Tashkent · 2022–2024
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of UzbekistanFrom attaché to head of department · Tashkent · 2008–2019
- Permanent Mission of Uzbekistan to the UN Office in GenevaAttaché (2011–2014), counsellor (2019–2022), Permanent Representative (from 2024) · 2011–present