Furqat Sidiqov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to the United States since 2023; First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2022–2023; former ambassador to Pakistan.
- Occupation:
- Politician, Diplomat
- Born:
- February 7 1971(55 years old) ♒
- Birthplace:
- Tashkent
Biography
Furqat Sidiqov was born on 7 February 1971 in Tashkent. He graduated from Tashkent State Technical University in 1993. He worked at the UzDaewoo Electronics joint venture and then at the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of Uzbekistan.
From 2002 he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: as an attaché of the Uzbek embassy in the United States in 2002–2007 and as its first secretary in 2011–2015. In 2015–2020 he was Uzbekistan's ambassador to Pakistan.
He became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2020 and First Deputy Minister in November 2022.
The Senate approved him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States in March 2023, and in May 2023 he presented copies of his credentials to US President Joe Biden.
He is also accredited concurrently to Brazil (from October 2023) and to Canada (named in November 2023; credentials presented to the Governor General in June 2024), with his headquarters in Washington.
Education
- Tashkent State Technical UniversityUniversity · Tashkent · 1993
Career
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of UzbekistanAmbassador to Pakistan; Deputy, then First Deputy Minister · Tashkent · 2015–2023
- Embassy of Uzbekistan in the United StatesAttaché; first secretary · 2002–2015
- Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of UzbekistanResearcher; leading researcher · Tashkent · 1995–2011
- UzDaewoo Electronics joint ventureSenior specialist · 1993–1995
Life path
- 1993UzDaewoo Electronics joint venture
Senior specialist.
- 1995Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President
Researcher, then senior researcher (1995–2002); leading researcher (2007–2011).
- 2002Embassy of Uzbekistan in the United States
Attaché (2002–2007).
- 2011Embassy of Uzbekistan in the United States
First secretary (2011–2015).
- 2015Ambassador to Pakistan
2015–2020.
- 2020Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2020–2022.
- 2022First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
From November 2022.
- 2023Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States
Approved by the Senate in March 2023; concurrently accredited to Brazil and Canada.