Tajikistan Embassy in the U.S.

Khamrokhon Zarifi

The Minister of Foreign Affairs

of the Republic of Tajikistan

(photo:Khamrokhon Zarifi- Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Mr. Khamrokhon Zarifi was born on December 25, 1948 in Tajikistan. In 1971 he graduated from Physical and Mathematical faculty of Kulyab State University in Tajikistan.

From 1971 till 1974 Mr. Zarifi worked as lecturer in the Kulyab State University and did scientific work at the Physical and Technical Scientific-Research Institute in Dushanbe.

From 1974 till 1984 he was coordinator in the Kulyab Regional Executive Committee and between 1984 and 1993 held various posts in the Party organization and the Government of Tajikistan.

In 1993 Khamrokhon Zarifi joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan as Deputy Chief of Personnel Department and later in 1994 as Chief of the Department. Since 1995 till 1996 he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From 1996 until 2003 Mr. Zarifi served as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna and Head of the Delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan to the OSCE (1996-2003), Head of Mission of the Republic of Tajikistan to European Communities (1997-2001), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajiikistan to the Austrian Republic (1997-2003), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajiikistan to Switzerland (1998-2003), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of Tajiikistan to the Republic of Hungary (1999-2002), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajiikistan to the United States of America (2002-2006)

On December 2006, Mr. Khamrokhon Zarifi was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Mr. Zarifi is fluent in Persian, Russian and English languages.

He is married and has two children.

Quick facts about the Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs consists of the following departments:

Human resource and special information management department
Department of countries of Europe and America
Department of countries of Asia and Africa
Department of CIS countries
Department of relations with International organizations
National UNESCO Commission
Legal department
Consular department
State Protocol department
Information department
Strategic research and analysis department
Foreign exchange and financial department
Diplomatic corps service department
Operational department

Contact address:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Rudaki Ave 42, Dushanbe,

Republic of Tajikistan 734001

tel: (992-37) 221-1808, 223-2971

fax: (992-37) 221-0259

e-mail: info@mfa.tj