Abdulaziz Komilov

Abdulaziz Khafizovich Kamilov (; ; born November 16, 1947) is an Uzbek politician who was Uzbekistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2022. Previously he served in the same post from 1994 to 2003.

Early life and education Kamilov was born on November 16, 1947, in Yangiyo'l, Uzbekistan. He graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. From 1978 through 1980, he was a post-graduate student at the Eastern Studies department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He has a PhD in history. In 2008, while in Washington, he also assumed the duties of ambassador to Brazil. and he returned to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2012.

In April 2022, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Security Council for Foreign Policy and Security and on 16 June same year, he was appointed Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Foreign Affairs.

Awards Kamilov has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was awarded Uzbek national awards of Mekhnat Shukhrati and Uzbekiston belgisi.

Foreign honours Order "Galkynyş" (2022) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2023)

Personal life Komilov is fluent in Arabic, English and Russian. He is married and has a son.