Mr Elkhan Polukhov is a Honorary Member of the WCF since May 12, 2018.

Biography: Date of Birth: April 9th, 1971.

Marital Status: Married, has 2 children             

EDUCATION:                                 

1987 – 1992 Graduate degree in History, History Faculty, Department of Modern History and International Relations Leningrad State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

1994 – 1999 Post-graduate Study, Candidate of History Science (Equivalent to PhD), International Relations Faculty Saint- Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                 

1994 - 2000 Lecturer, International Relations Department, Western University, Baku, Azerbaijan.

2000-2001 Lecturer, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA.

2002-2004 Political Assistant to Ambassador, Spokesman, Embassyof State of Israel to Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan.

2004-2008 Second and First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

2008-2010 First Secretary, Acting Head of Press Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan 

2010 -2011 Head of Press Department, Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

2012 -2016 Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Lesotho.

2016 - Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Federative Republic of Brazil.Non-Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Ecuador, to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the Republic of Suriname and to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Speaking Languages                  

Russian, English and Turkish.