Ambassador

Aybek SHAKHAVDINOV

Date of birth - 16 November 1977

Place of birth - Urgench city, Uzbekistan 

Education

1997 - University of World Economy and Diplomacy

2000 - University of Birmingham (UK) 

2003 - Tashkent State Institute of Law 

2005 -  Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) 

Work experience 

2000-2001 - Chief Officer of the Governor’s (Khokimiyat) Cabinet of Khorezm

2001-2004 - Specialist of the International Office of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED) 

2002-2005 - Visiting Lecturer at the International Relations Chair of the UWED

2004-2013 - Referent, Attaché, Third Secretary, Second Secretary, First Secretary of the Department for the European countries and NATO at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Uzbekistan

2013-2018 - First Secretary of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Belgium

2018-2022 - Head of Division of the Department for the European countries and the EU Institutions at the MFA of Uzbekistan

2022-2024 - Director of the Department for the European countries and the EU Institutions at the MFA of Uzbekistan

March 2024 - to date - Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Hungary, Croatia (since November 2024), Montenegro (November 2024), Slovenia (December 2024), Ambassador to Serbia (July 2025) 

Languages: Uzbek (native), English, French, Russian, and Turkish.  

Marital Status: Married, has three children

Awards: 20th Anniversary of Uzbekistan's Independence commemorative badge (2011), commemorative badge on the 30th Anniversary of the Ministry of Justice (2021), special commemorative badge on the 30th Anniversary of the Security Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2025).

Honours and Distinctions: Honourary Professor of the Universitas Nordica Internationalis, Uzbekistan (2025).