Yinam Cohen is the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest. He is a career diplomat with 16 years of experience in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Before arriving in Chicago, he held the position of Senior Policy Adviser to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Director of the Policy Department in the Minister’s Bureau.

Prior to that, Consul General Cohen was the Director of the UN Political Affairs Department, where he oversaw Israel’s diplomatic campaigns in the UN Security Council and General Assembly in Israel.
 
Between 2015 and 2018, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of Israel in Madrid, Spain. There, he led the diplomatic dialogue with the Spanish government and outreach to Spain’s Parliament and political parties.
 
Previously, he served as Spokesperson and Press Attaché at the Embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany (2010-2012), and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Bogota, Colombia (2007-2010).
 
From 2012 to 2015, he was a diplomatic advisor to three consecutive director generals of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
Prior to his diplomatic career, Cohen worked as a strategic consultant at Shaldor Ltd. He holds an MBA cum laude, as well as B.Sc. in Computer Science, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
 
Consul General Cohen likes exploring new cuisines and tries to balance the intake of calories with daily jogging. He speaks English, Hebrew, Spanish and German.
 
Cohen was born in Jerusalem in 1976. He is married to Ayelet and they have three children.

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