Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Zambia, Special Representative of the Russian Federation to COMESA

H.E. Mr. Azim Yarakhmedov

Date of birth		20.02.1960
Marital status		Married (spouse Mrs. Madinat Yarakhmedova), two adult sons
Education		Higher education, Candidate of Political Science
1983		Krasnodar Polytechnic Institute
1989		Dagestan State University
1998		Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
	Professional experience
	Employee of the MFA (Russia) from 1993
1993-1996		Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Azerbaijan
1998-2003		Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Tajikistan
2003-2006		Head of the Tajikistan’s Division of the Third CIS Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
2006-2010		Consul General in Khujand, the Republic of Tajikistan
2011-2015		Deputy Director of the Department for Relations with Subjects of the Federation, Parliaments and Public Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
2015-2021		Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the State of Eritrea
December 7, 2021		Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Zambia
	September 19, 2023	Special Representative of the Russian Federation to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Diplomatic rank		Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Foreign languages		English, Turkish, Azerbaijani

Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Zambia