The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

 in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy

Foreign policy

A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...

 of Uzbekistan.

History and functions

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan was officially established on February 25, 1994 according to the decree of the President of Uzbekistan

President of Uzbekistan

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the Head of State and executive authority in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The office of President was established in 1991 replacing the position of First secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan that has existed since 1925 while the country was known...

 No. 769 and Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan.

The ministry functions as an administrative body of state government and is a part of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, responsible for conducting the foreign policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan based on the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and international laws.

The activities of the ministry are supervised directly by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Structure

The ministry is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, currently, Vladimir Norov

Vladimir Norov

Vladimir Imamovich Norov is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. He was appointed to this position on July 12, 2006.-Early years:...

. His First Deputy is Abdulaziz Kamilov

Abdulaziz Kamilov

Abdulaziz Khafizovich Komilov is an Uzbek politician who is currently serving as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.-Early years:...

 who was the first foreign minister since the establishment of the ministry. Other deputies are Rustam Tukhtabaev, Abdurahim Khodjaev, Anvar Solihbaev, Bahtiyar Islamov.

The ministry is divided into several departments:

• Department for Europe
• Department for the USA and Americas
• Department for the United Nations and International Organizations
• Legal Department
• Department for the Middle and the Near East
• Department for the Asia and the Pacific
• Department for the CIS and Russia
• Department for the CIS, CSTO and SCO structures
• State Protocol Department
• Personnel and Educational Institutions Department
• Head Department for Foreign Policy Analysis and Strategy
• Department for Communication, Computer Systems and Internet
• Consular Department
• Finance Department
• Accounts Department
• Press Secretary and Press Service
• Department for Administrative Affairs

List of ministers

• Sodiq Safoyev (February, 1993 - February, 1994)
• Abdulaziz Komilov (February 25, 1994 – March 14, 2003)
• Sodiq Safoyev (March 14, 2003 - February 4, 2005)
• Elyor Ganiyev
  Elyor Ganiyev
  Elyor Majidovich G‘aniyev, whose name is also transliterted as Elyar Ganiyev and Elyer Ganiev , has served as the Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs, Investments and Trade in the Government of Uzbekistan since July 2006. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and Deputy head of...
  
   (February 4, 2005 - July 12, 2006)
• Vladimir Norov
  Vladimir Norov
  Vladimir Imamovich Norov is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. He was appointed to this position on July 12, 2006.-Early years:...
  
   (July 12, 2006 - December 28, 2010)
• Elyor Ganiyev
  Elyor Ganiyev
  Elyor Majidovich G‘aniyev, whose name is also transliterted as Elyar Ganiyev and Elyer Ganiev , has served as the Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs, Investments and Trade in the Government of Uzbekistan since July 2006. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and Deputy head of...
  
  (December 28, 2010 - present)