Political Career
Komilov worked as an attaché of the Soviet Embassy in Lebanon from 1973 until 1976. In 1980-1984, he worked as the 2nd secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Syria and in 1984-1988 in the Department of Middle Eastern Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan SSR. In 1988-1991, he worked at the Department of World Economy and Foreign Affairs of the Academy of Science of USSR. In 1991-1992, he was the advisor to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russian Federation. From 1992 until 1994, Komilov served as the Deputy Minister of National Security Ministry of Uzbekistan. In 1994, he was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. At the same time, from 1998 until 2003, he was the rector of University of World Economy and Diplomacy. He remained in the position until March 14, 2003 when he was replaced by Sodiq Safoyev, a few months before the government of Prime Minister O‘tkir Sultonov resigned. He was then appointed the National Foreign Affairs Advisor to the President of Uzbekistan.
He was subsequently appointed as the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United States and Canada with residence in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2003 In 2008, while in Washington, he also assumed duties of an ambassador to Brazil. From 2010 on, Komilov serves as the First Deputy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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