Curriculum Vitae

              

Name:             Reza NAJAFI

Date of birth:      04/02/1963

Place of birth:    Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran

Marital status:   Married, with three children

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

 

B.A. in International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, Tehran

M.A. in Political Science, University of Tehran

Ph.D. in International Law, University of Tehran

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND and EXPERIENCES:

 

Currently: Ambassador and Permanent/Resident Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna

 

September 2024 to March 2025: Advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs, MFA, Tehran, Iran;

June 2021 to September 2024: Deputy Minister for International and Legal Affairs, MFA, Tehran, Iran;

2020:    Guest Lecture on International Law of Disarmament and Arms Control, School of International Relations, Tehran, Iran;

June 2018- June 2021: Director General for International Peace and Security, MFA, Tehran, Iran;

Sept. 2013- June 2018: Ambassador and Permanent/Resident Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna

Positions during this assignment:

              2013:                        Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Vienna Chapter,    

              2013:                        Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Group in Vienna,

              2013 to 2017:         Co-Chair of IAEA General Conference,

              2013 to 2014: Co-Chairman of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(FinGov),

              2015:              First Vice-Chairperson of the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs BOARD,

              2017:            Chair of the Group of 77 in Vienna;

 

2012-2013    Deputy Director General for International Political Affairs, MFA, Tehran, Iran;

2006-2012     Director for Disarmament and International Security, MFA, Tehran, Iran;

2002-2006     First Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, New York;

1999-2002    Expert, Department of Disarmament and International Security, MFA, Tehran, Iran;

1996-1999    Disarmament Expert and Alternate of the Permanent Representative of the I.R. of Iran to the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands;

1993-1996    Expert, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) National Authority, MFA, Tehran, Iran.

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Member of the OPCW Confidentiality Commission, From to May 2021 till now;

Member of the OPCW Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF), 1998;

Member of the UN Panel of Governmental Experts on the issue of Missiles in all its aspects, 2008;

Member of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on the UN Register of Conventional Arms, 2009;

Chair of the fifth session of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Commission, 2013;