Amira Arnon

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Amira Arnon (* in Haifa , Israel ) is an Israeli diplomat .

Career

Arnon studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where he received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and graduated with honors from the Military Academy of the Israel Defense Forces . Here she received an honorary Master of Arts in political science. In 1970 Arnon began working for the Israeli Foreign Ministry in various areas, such as the protocol, North America, European, Euro-Asian and research departments. From 1974 to 1979 she worked at the Consulate General in New York City . From 1989 to 1990 Arnon was Assistant to the Deputy Director of the State Department and from 1990 to 1993 as Consul Acting Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia . From 1996 to 2000 Arnon was head of the protocol department and in 1996 and 1999 a member of the Israeli delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations .

In 1998 Arnon was appointed Chargé d'Affaires in Kathmandu ( Nepal ) during a transition period and from 2000 to 2005 she worked as Consul General in Istanbul ( Turkey ). In April 2006, Arnon was again Chargé d'Affaires, this time for Guatemala and Honduras , and from 2007 to 2009 Ambassador-at-large in Macedonia , Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina .

In October 2009 Arnon presented her accreditation to East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta . Arnon's successor, Yael Rubinstein, took over the post in September 2013. Arnon moved back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem .

Awards

Arnon received the medal of thanks from the President of Albania in recognition of her service to the bilateral relations between Albania and Israel . In August 2012, President of East Timor, José Ramos-Horta, presented Arnon with the Certificate of Merit for her service to Israeli-East Timorese relations .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Koh Tommy, Chang Li Lin, Koh Joanna Tze Yan (Eds.): Little Red Dot, The: Reflections Of Foreign Ambassadors On Singapore -, Volume 3 , pp. 119 ff. , 2014, ISBN 9789814612821
  2. ↑ Amira Arnon: Israel and Timor-Leste , June 19, 2011, on Forum Haksesuk , accessed December 4, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Arnon, Amira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Haifa , Israel