Sirodjidin Aslov
| Sirodjidin Aslov АСЛОВ СИРОҶИДИН МУҲРИДИНОВИЧ | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan | |
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Assumed office 29 November 2013 | |
| President | Emomalii Rahmon |
| Preceded by | Hamrokhon Zarifi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 February 1964 Tajikistan, Soviet Union (now Tajikistan) |
| Religion | Islam |
Sirodjidin Mukhridinovich Aslov (Tajik: Сироҷидин Мӯҳриддинович Аслов, Persian: سراجالدین اسلاو) (born in 1964) is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan. Minister Aslov previously worked as a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations from 2006-2013. He is married, with five children, and speaks Persian, English and Russian. He was rewarded the Tajik Order of Honor in 2010. Minister Aslov emphasizes the importance of preserving natural wildlife and keeping the water all around the world clean and acceptable for people's health.
Minister Aslov graduated with an engineering degree in 1986 from Odessa Hydro-Meteorological Institute, Ukraine; Minister Aslov continued his studies by receiving an additional degree in International Economic Relations, from Tashkent State University of Economics, Uzbekistan.
In the early stages of Minister Aslov's career - he had several researcher papers published based on the Aral sea. Minister Aslov's first transition into politics were through the Ministry of Environmental Protection. In the early 2000's he made a transition into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; where he was first appointed as Deputy Minister. While being the Deputy Minister of foreign affairs in Tajikistan, Minister Aslov was also Chairman of the Executive Committee for Saving the Aral Sea and the National Coordinator on Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Affairs. After a year as serving Deputy, Minister Aslov was appointed as the Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations as well as the Non-Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Cuba. After seven years of exemplary work within the United Nations Minister Aslov became the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan