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Umid Shadiyev

Uzbekistan's permanent representative to UNESCO (2018–2023), chairman of the Tourism Committee (2023–2025), ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since 2026.

Occupation:
Politician, Diplomat

Biography

From 2018 to 2023 Umid Shadiyev was Uzbekistan's permanent representative to UNESCO. Before that he was an adviser to the Permanent Mission of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in New York.

In July 2023 he became chairman of the Tourism Committee, set up under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change. In December 2025 he was relieved of the post by a presidential decision in connection with his transfer to another position.

In April 2026 the Senate approved him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to the United Arab Emirates. In September 2026 he presented his credentials to the President of the UAE.

Career

Life path

  1. 2018
    Permanent representative of Uzbekistan to UNESCO

    2018–2023.

  2. 2023
    Chairman of the Tourism Committee

    From July 2023 to December 2025.

  3. 2026
    Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates

    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; approved by the Senate in April 2026.

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