MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 27 August 2009

The following foreign Head of Mission presented her credentials to President S R Nathan at the Istana today:

• The Ambassador of Israel,
Her Excellency Amira Arnon

The curricula vitae of Her Excellency Amira Arnon is attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
27 AUGUST 2009
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AMIRA ARNON

AMBASSADOR

ISRAEL

BORN: Born in Haifa

AGE: 59

MARITAL STATUS
Married to Mr Hagai Arnon
Has three children (Ornit, Itai and Jonatan)

EDUCATION
BA in International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1969 - 1972

Graduate Studies, Young Diplomats Special Programme on Middle Eastern Affairs, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1989 - 1990

Military College for National Defense-Israel, Honors, 1995 - 1996

MA with Honors (Political Science), National Defense University of Haifa, 1995 - 1996

CAREER
1968 - 1970: Served obligatory military service in the Air Force, Israel Defence Forces (IDF)

Nov 1970: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel (MFA)

1973 - 1974: Embassy of Israel in Oslo, Norway

1974 - 1979: Consulate-General of Israel, New York

1980 - 1989: Research Centre on Middle Eastern Affairs, MFA

1989 - 1990: Assistant to the Deputy Director-General, MFA

1990 - 1992: Consul of Israel for the Mid-Atlantic States at the Consulate-General of Israel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1992 - 1993: Acting Consul-General of Israel in Philadelphia.

1993 - 1995: North America Division in MFA, in charge of Consulates-General of Israel in the USA

1996 - 1998: Director of the Protocol Department, MFA

July 1998 - Aug 1998: Served temporarily as Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Israel in Katmandu, Nepal for two months

1998 - 2000: Director of the Protocol Department, MFA

2000 - 2005: Consul-General of Israel in Istanbul, Turkey

2005: European Department, in charge of Turkish Affairs, MFA

Apr 2006 - Jun 2006: Charge d' Affaires a.i. of Israel in Guatemala

Jan 2007 - to date: Ambassador-at-Large of Israel to the Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina

20 March 2009: Ambassador-designate of Israel to Singapore

27 August 2009: Ambassador of Israel to Singapore

OTHER ACTIVITIES
1996: Member of Israel's Delegation to the UN General Assembly, New York

1999: Member of Israel's Delegation to the UN General Assembly, New York

Oct 2008 - Nov 2008: Executive Seminar - NESA Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Ministry of Defense, USA

LANGUAGES
English, French, Turkish and Romanian

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August 2009