İlqar Muxtarov

Mukhtarov Ilgar Yusif oglu (Muxtarov İlqar Yusif oğlu; born September 29, 1969 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani diplomat, and lawyer who is the incumbent ambassador to the Holy See. He previously served as his country's first ambassador to Mexico (having previously served as a chargé d'affaires) from 2009 to 2016, being also concurrently accredited to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Panama and Peru.

Biography
Born in Baku, he was the son of acting couple Yusif Muxtarov and Amaliya Panahova.

He worked as a chargé d'affaires in the embassy in Mexico City until he was appointed ambassador in April 2009, being subsequently accredited to five other Latin American countries. During his tenure as non-resident ambassador to Peru, talks to open an embassy in Lima were successfully carried out.

Mukhtarov is fluent in Russian, English, Turkish, Arabic, and has a working understanding of Spanish. He is married and has a son.