
Javlon Vakhabov

Javlon Vakhabov
Deputy Advisor to the President, Managing Director at The International Institute for Central Asia · President's Office, IICA
Biography
Born on August 7, 1980, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
In 2001, graduated from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy with a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of International Law.
In 2003, completed his Master’s degree at the same university in the field of International Relations.
Professional Career:
2001–2006 – Served as Referent, Attaché, Third Secretary, and Head of Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2006–2011 – Leading Consultant and Chief Consultant at the Apparatus of the National Security Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2011–2013 – Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2013–2013 – Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2013–2015 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2015–2017 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
2017–2023 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States.
2018–2023 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Canada.
2021–2023 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Brazil.
2023 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Since 2023 – Director of the International Institute for Central Asia.
Since 2025 – Deputy Adviser to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Foreign Policy.