Thursday, March 10, 2011

Alon Ushpiz Israeli envoy to India

Israeli cabinet has approved the appointment of Alon Ushpiz as the country's new envoy to India.Ushpiz is currently serving as Director (Coordination) in the office of the Foreign Ministry's Director General.He has served as a policy advisor to several former Israeli foreign ministers, including Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, the current President of State of Israel, David Levy, Shlomo Ben-Ami and Silvan Shalom.
A Hebrew University graduate in International relations and Japanese studies, Ushpiz, served as Political Secretary in the Israeli mission in Tokyo between 1995 and 1999.Among other prominent assignments during his diplomatic career, he served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in Washington between 1999 and 2003.The new Israeli envoy is expected to replace Mark Sofer in the summer of this year.

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