Elmar Mamedyarov is a career diplomat, 42 years old. He was born in the village of Yadji, Ordubad region of Nakhichevan. His father is an academician, director of the Institute of Biology. He has graduated from Kiev's Institute for International Relations, where Mikhail Sahakashvili has also studied. Mamedyarov works in the MFA system from 1992. He is close enough to Ilham Aliyev. He was appointed Ambassador in Italy when Ilham Aliyev was in fact governing the country. He stayed in Italy for half a year. He has never been noted during his career in the MFA that is why his appointment seemed a little bit strange.