Amira Arnon (born in

Haifa, Israel Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

) is an Israeli diplomat who has been Ambassador to multiple countries including

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

(2007-2009) and

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

from 2009 until 2013. She was also the non-resident Ambassador to

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and the former Yugoslavia, stationed in Jerusalem from 2007 until 2009.

Early life and education

Arnon graduated from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

with an undergraduate degree in international relations (1972) before attending their Young Diplomats Special Programme on Middle Eastern Affairs 1989-1990. Arnon graduated from the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

Military College in 1996, the same year she received a MA in political sciences from the National Defence University of Haifa. Arnon was born around 1950 (she was 59 when she presented her credentials as ambassador to Singapore in 2009).

Career

From 1974 until 1979, Arnon was Consul General in New York City and Consul General in Philadelphia from 1990 until 1993. She was a Member of the Israeli Delegation to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

in 1996 and 1999. From 2000 until 2005, she was Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey. While Director of the Northern European Affairs Division at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she long with their Ambassador to Ireland,

Zeev Boker Zeev Boker was Consul General of Israel to New England from October 2018 to March 2020. He was Israel's sixth Ambassador to Ireland and its first Ambassador to Slovakia. Early life Boker was born and spent his early life on Kibbutz Afek in the ...

, visited the Claire County Council. The visit received criticism from the Ireland-Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) after

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...

’s Mike McKee criticized the local authority for allowing the visit to happen. The local government responded that when accredited ambassadors are in the area, they are allowed a visit as a courtesy call.

References

Living people Israeli women ambassadors Israeli consuls Ambassadors of Israel to Albania Ambassadors of Israel to Singapore Ambassadors of Israel to Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassadors of Israel to North Macedonia People from Haifa Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Israel-diplomat-stub