Meron Reuben (born 1961,

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) is an

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i diplomat. In November 2020, Reuben was appointed Consul General to

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Biography

Meron Reuben was born in South Africa. He moved to

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with his mother before making Aliyah to Israel in 1974. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he studied diplomacy and international relations.He has two daughters from an earlier marriage that he raises with his partner David.

Diplomatic career

Reuben served as

Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations is the de facto Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Office holders Permanent Mission of Israel to the ...

(2010-2011), Ambassador to Paraguay, Bolivia and Colombia. From 2015 until 2020, he was Chief of State Protocol. He replaced Zeev Boker as Consul. He worked behind the scenes at the meetings that led to the

Abraham Accords The Abraham Accords are a series of joint normalization statements initially between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, effective since September 15, 2020. Mediated by the United States, the initial announcement of August 13, 2020, ...

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