Ismatulla Irgashev was born on September 24, 1960 in Tashkent city 

He graduated from Tashkent State University in the specialty of “Orientalist-philologist, teacher of Dari and English language” (1982). 

1982-1984 – military service in the army (Afghanistan) 

1984-1992 – teacher of foreign language in the military school 

1992-1994 – 2nd secretary of the Treaty – Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan 

1994-1994 – Chief of sector – Deputy Head of the section of Asia and Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan 

1994-1996 – Head of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan 

1996-1999 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan 

1999-2003 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to China, concurrently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia and PDRK with residence in Beijing 

2003-2004 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan 

2004-2012 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan 

2012-2017 – Councilor of the President of the International Kurash Association, Adviser to the President of the international company 

Since May 24, 2017 – Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan. 

I.Irgashev has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 

He speaks Persian, English and Turkish. 

Married and has five children.