Omar Sultanov

Biography

Omar Sultanov serves as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. His career began as a trainee researcher in 1984, progressing through roles as a teacher and reference officer. Starting in 1991, he served as the First Secretary of the USSR's Mission to Vienna, and later worked as a Chargé d'affaires and Permanent Representative in Austria and Vienna. Omar Sultanov is an alumnus of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, where he defended his dissertation in 1989.

Written by the editors from the dossier facts.

Career

1. since 1991

   First Secretary

   Permanent Mission of the USSR in Vienna

2. 1993 — 1996

   Chargé d'Affaires, Permanent Representative

   Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Austria and Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to International Organizations in Vienna

3. 1996 — 1998

   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

   Kyrgyz Republic in Germany

4. 1998 — 1999

   Head of the Presidential Administration

   of the Kyrgyz Republic

5. 1999 — 2002

   Permanent Representative

   of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN and other international organizations, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein

6. 2002 — 2003

   First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

   of the Kyrgyz Republic

7. since 2022

   Permanent Representative

   of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN in Geneva

8. since 2022

   ChIPP

   of the Kyrgyz Republic in Switzerland

Education

• 1984Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov — history teacher with knowledge of English
• 1989MSU — Candidate of Historical Sciences, dissertation topic: "The Role of the Conservative Coalition in the Party-Political Struggle in the Congress of S