A graduate in international and European law and a staff officer in the Israeli army, Ben BOURGEL enrolled in the Diplomatic School of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008.

Upon graduation, he joined the office of the Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as Special Envoy for the Gulf States until 2011.

From 2011 to 2014, he served as Deputy Director of the Liaison Department at the Permanent Mission of Israel to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. As part of his work, he develops economic and political ties between the European Union and Israel.

From 2014 to 2016, he worked for the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the International Law Department as a specialist in European and strategic affairs and counterterrorism.

For the period 2016-2018, Ambassador Bourgel served as Chief of Staff to the Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs, responsible for policy integration, in addition to coordinating the activities of the Department's various geographic divisions.

From 2018 to 2021, he served as Minister-Counselor, Political Coordinator of the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in New York, where he was responsible for strategic affairs, the Middle East, and the Security Council. In addition, he was also in charge of the Disarmament and Special Political Affairs Committees.

Mr. Bourgel is a lawyer by training. He holds a DEA in European and Community law from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (2000-2001) and a Master's degree in international and European law from the University of Paris 10 Nanterre. (1999-2000)

Ben Bourgel is married and has two children.