Galit Ronen ( he, גלית רונן; born January 2, 1965)
is an Israeli diplomat who was Israel's ambassador to
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
from 2018 to 2019,
and currently serves as ambassador to
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
Biography
Ronen was born on February 1, 1965, in
Ramat HaShofet, a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
in northern Israel.
She attained a bachelor of science degree in biology from
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
in 1990, and a master's degree in microbiology from the same university in 1992.
On 1 August 2018 she was confirmed as the State of Israel's ambassador to the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay. On 9 September 2019, she presented her credentials before the President of Argentina, confirming her post as the new Israeli ambassador to that nation.
References
1965 births
Kibbutzniks
Tel Aviv University alumni
Living people
Israeli women ambassadors
Ambassadors of Israel to Argentina
Ambassadors of Israel to Uruguay
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