Dan Ashbel

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Dan Ashbel (* 1949 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli diplomat and former ambassador to Vienna .

Life

Dan Ashbel studied geography and English literature and received his Masters in Political Science with a focus on the Middle East from Haifa University . In 1975 he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . From 1978 to 1983 Ashbel worked as a press and cultural attaché in Bonn and from 1989 was press attaché at the Israeli embassy in London for three years , having previously worked as an embassy counselor at the Israeli embassy in Austria from 1986 to 1989 .

Between 1989 and 1992 he was counselor and spokesman at the Israeli embassy in London. Subsequently, during 1994-1996 he was an instructor at Israel's National Security College . Ashbel also served as the Consul General in Philadelphia from 1997 to 2000 . From March 2005 to October 2009 he lived as the Israeli ambassador in Vienna . His successor in this office is Aviv Shir-On . From July 2006 to 2009 Ashbel was also accredited in Slovenia . He then acted as ambassador to Finland from 2011 to 2016 and was also accredited for Estonia .

Dan Ashbel is married and has three children.

Positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Before his appointment as ambassador in Vienna, the diplomat was most recently head of the department of European multilateral institutions and Israeli coordinator for the Euro-Mediterranean partnership (Euromed) in the Israeli foreign ministry.

He was also head of the office of the director of the Institute for Political Research , deputy press spokesman , responsible for the Israeli cooperation program with the Central Asian states and director of the training department and the Europe II department.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estonian Embassy in Tel Aviv: Israel-Relation
predecessor Office successor
Avraham Toledo Israeli ambassador to Austria and to the UN in Vienna
2005–2009
Aviv Shir-On
- Israeli ambassador to Slovenia
2006–2009
Aviv Shir-On
Israeli Ambassador to Finland and Estonia
2011–2016
Dov Segev-Steinberg