Ulugbek Lapasov

Ulugbek Lapasov was born in 1982 in Samarkand. He studied international relations at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent (2000–2005), then completed a research master's in law at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (2005–2006) and took special courses at the French National School of Administration.

He joined the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan in 2004, first at the embassy in Belgium covering the EU and NATO, then in the ministry's Department for Cooperation with Europe and NATO, where he headed a division from 2012. From 2008 to 2012 he was third secretary of the permanent delegation to UNESCO at the embassy in France.

From 2014 to 2023 he served at the Permanent Mission of Uzbekistan to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva: first secretary in 2014–2016, counsellor and chargé d'affaires in 2016–2018, and from 2018 permanent representative with the rank of ambassador. In 2022 he was elected vice-president of the UN Human Rights Council.

In 2023 he was appointed Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in New York. In November 2024 he became Uzbekistan's first ambassador to Cuba, with residence in New York, and presented his credentials to President Miguel Díaz-Canel.