Mr. Idibek KALANDAR

Date of birth: 2 January 1968

Education:

• Foreign Languages Department, Dushanbe Pedagogical University (1992);
• Studies, MA, Tsukuba University, Japan (2004).

Career:

• 1995-1999, Third Secretary, Personnel Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 1999-2004, Second Secretary, Asia and Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 2004-2005, First Secretary, Head of Section, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 2005-2008, Second Secretary, First Secretary, Embassy of Tajikistan to Austria;
• 2008-2009, First Secretary, Advisor, Europe and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 2009-2011, Head of Section, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 2011-2014, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the United Nations;
• 2014-2017, Head of the Department for International Organization, MFA Tajikistan;
• September 2017, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to Austria/Permanent Representative to the OSCE, United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna.

Languages: Tajik, Russian, English, Japanese.

Marital Status: Married, has 3 children.