[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 55 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE WORK OF AMBASSADOR JAVLON VAKHABOV

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 27, 2023

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
work of Mr. Javlon Vakhabov, who is retiring from his role as 
Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United States, Canada, and Brazil. 
Javlon was born August 7, 1980, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which was at 
the time the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.
  In 2001, Javlon earned his bachelor's degree in International Law 
from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. Subsequently, he 
graduated in 2003 from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy 
with his master's degree in International Law.
  Javlon joined the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2001, serving 
early career assignments as an attache, 3rd secretary, and chief of 
division. In 2006, President Islam Karimov appointed Javlon to the 
Uzbek National Security Council, serving as leading consultant and as 
head consultant until 2011, when he was promoted to deputy secretary of 
the Council. For most of 2013, Javlon served as director of the 
Institute for Strategic and Inter-Regional Research, a government-
funded think tank in Tashkent. In November of 2013, Javlon became one 
of the leadership team at the Foreign Ministry, as one of four deputy 
ministers of foreign affairs. On July 29, 2015, he was promoted to 
first deputy minister of foreign affairs, the title he held when he was 
appointed ambassador to the United States.
  He has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States of America since late 2017. 
Since late 2018, he has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Canada with residence in Washington, 
D.C.
  I thank him for his leadership and wish him the best of luck in his 
future endeavors.

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