Vagif Sadigov

Sadıqov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is married with two children. Sadıqov was educated at the Azerbaijani Institute of Foreign Languages and obtained a master's degree in linguistics in 1978 and PhD degree in linguistics in 1986.[1]

After completing his PhD degree, Sadıqov was appointed an assistant professor in the Azerbaijani Institute of Foreign Languages, where he served till 1991. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 and became the head of the political-military affairs division from 1993 to 1995 when he was appointed Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Austria, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna, UNIDO, and OSCE.[2] He served as Permanent Representative to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization from 1998 to 2004, and to the International Atomic Energy Agency from 2001 to 2004. He participated in the negotiations on the adapted CFE Treaty and development of new CSBMs, the OSCE Charter for European Security, and the UN Conventions against Transnational Organized Crime and against Corruption.

Sadıqov was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister in 2004 with a portfolio covering Azerbaijan's relations with the UNESCO and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. ln 2010, he was appointed Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Italy and served simultaneously as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development based in Rome.[3][4] He was also accredited as Ambassador to Malta and San Marino. In 2016 - 2021, he served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Since 2021, Sadıqov is Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Belgium and Head of the Mission to the European Union. .[5]