Ambassador Gary Koren

Birth date: 23 July 1959 

Place of birth: Riga, Latvia

Diplomatic Rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Marital status: Married to Shirley Koren, 2 children

Career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

2019-2022 Deputy Director General, Head of Eurasia (FSU) and the Western Balkans Division

2017-2019 Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Russian Federation

2013-2017 Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Czech Republic

2010-2013 Director, Coordination Department and Adviser to the Director General

2009-2010 National Defense College

2006-2009 Director, Eurasia (FSU) Department

2003-2006 Ambassador of the State of Israel to Latvia and Lithuania

1999-2003 Deputy Director, Eurasia (FSU) Department

1996-1999 Counselor, Permanent Mission to the UN, Geneva

1994-1996 First Secretary, FSU and Central Europe Economic Department

1991-1994 First Secretary, Embassy of Israel, Moscow

1989-1991 Second Secretary, Embassy of Israel, Lilongwe

1986-1989 Cadet, MFA Training Department

Languages: Hebrew, Russian (Mother tongue), English, French, Czech, Latvian

Academic Education:

1986 – B.A. in Economics and International Relations, Hebrew University

2010 – M.A. in Political Science and National Security Studies, Haifa University

2010 – Diploma (Cum Laude) of the National Defense College

2016 – Doctor Honoris Causa, Security management and Criminalistics, Police Academy of the Czech Republic