Khusrav Noziri
Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Khusrav Noziri, Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
The incumbent H.E. Ambassador Khusrav Noziri is a national of the Republic of Tajikistan who took over his responsibilities as the 13th Secretary General of the ECO in August 2021.
Born on 19 April 1967 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Tajik State University in 1991. Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) since 13 August 2021 (current position). First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, from 10 April 2019 - 2 August 2021. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Arab Republic of Egypt, from 15 May 2014 - 10 April 2019. Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the League of Arab States, from 13 September 2015 - 10 April 2019. Non-Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of South Africa, from 4 December 2015 - 10 April 2019, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, from 27 January 2016 - 10 April 2019, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, from 21 July 2016 - 10 April 2019 and the Kingdom of Morocco, from 26 October 2016 - 10 April 2019. Head of Department of Asian and African Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from August 2013 - May 2014. Head of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from February - August 2013. Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the United Nations in New York, from October 2009 - January 2013. 2 Head of Department of European and American Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from February 2008 - October 2009. First Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from January 2007 - February 2008. First Secretary, Embassy of Tajikistan to the People's Republic of China, from August 2001 - January 2007. First Secretary, Department of Asian and African Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from July 1998 - August 2001. Second Secretary, Department of Bilateral and Multilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from September 1995 - July 1998. Third Secretary, Department of the State Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, from April 1994 - September 1995. Senior Officer, Department of International Relations, Dushanbe City Executive Committee, from November 1993 - April 1994. Junior Scientific Fellow, Institute of Written Heritage, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, from August 1991 - November 1993. By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan No. 1571, dated 14 July 2020 was awarded the medal “Dignified Service”. In 2021 was awarded the medal “The 20th Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization” for his contribution to the making of the SCO and its development. In 2022 was awarded the medal “The 30th Anniversary of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence- Building Measures in Asia” for his valuable contribution to CICA process. Speaks Persian, Russian, English and Arabic.