Leyla Abdullayeva

Leyla Yashar gizi Abdullayeva (, 1981, Baku) is an Azerbaijani diplomat, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the French Republic and former Head of the Press Service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Biography Leyla Abdullayeva was born in 1981 in Baku. She studied at Baku State University, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, completing bachelor's and master's degrees in international relations.

Since 2002, Abdullayeva has held diplomatic positions in various departments of the Foreign Ministry, in the Representations of the Republic of Azerbaijan to NATO, the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union. She formerly worked at the Foreign Ministry as deputy director of the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA).

On October 4, 2018, Leyla Abdullayeva was appointed Head of the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.