Agshin Mehdiyev

Agshin Mehdiyev
Head of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the United Nations
Assumed office
June 2016
Preceded byUfuk Gokcen
Head of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union
In office
1 December 2015 – June 2016
Preceded byArif Mammadov
Succeeded byIsmat Jahan
Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
In office
30 November 2006 – April 2014
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byYashar Aliyev
Succeeded byYaşar Aliyev
Personal details
Born (1949-04-28) 28 April 1949 (age 75)
Baku, Azerbaijan

Agshin Shafaat oglu Mehdiyev (Azerbaijani: Aqşin Şəfaət oğlu Mehdiyev; born 28 April 1949) is an Azerbaijani diplomat who has served as Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan since May 2014. Agshin Mehdiyev speaks Azerbaijani, Arabic, English, Russian and Turkish.