Yacov Livne
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Yacov Livne | |
|---|---|
| Israel Ambassador to Poland | |
| Assumed office February 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Ben-Zvi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Yacov Livne (born March 27, 1967) is a diplomat in the Israeli Foreign Ministry who serves as Ambassador of Israel to Poland. He has previously been the director of the Eurasia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for relations with Russia, Ukraine and other countries and served in the Embassies of Israel in Moscow and Berlin.[1]
Early life and education
Livne was born in Moscow in the Soviet Union in 1967. In 1974 he immigrated to Israel with his family. Studied in Haifa in a mathematical-scientific major high school. He served in the Israel Defense Forces as a soldier in the 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade and as a commander and chief instructor. In 1992 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics at the Technion in Haifa. In the same year he was accepted to the cadet course of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Livne holds a master's degree in international relations from the Hebrew University and a doctorate from Ariel University. He wrote his thesis on the impact of immigrants on core issues in foreign policy. His doctoral thesis dealt with Israel's relations with the Soviet Union in the first and formative decade since the establishment of the State of Israel.
Career
In 1994, he took up his first diplomatic post as spokesman for the Embassy of Israel in Moscow, which he held until 1997. This was the period of the re-establishment of relations with Russia, including the first historic visits to Moscow by the Prime Ministers of Israel - Yitzhak Rabin in 1994 and Benjamin Netanyahu in 1997.
Upon his return to Israel, he headed the Central Asian and Caucasus countries section in the Eastern Europe division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1999, he was appointed political advisor at the Embassy of Israel, Berlin.
In 2003 he was appointed deputy of the international department and head of the United States desk at the Center for Political Research.
In 2009, Livne began serving as the director of the Eurasia department, responsible for relations with Russia and other countries in the post-Soviet space. During his term important free trade agreements were promoted- the first agreement was signed with Ukraine and entered into force in January 2021. Agreements were also signed to bring in foreign workers from Ukraine and Moldova in the fields of construction and nursing.
In the years 2019-2020 he served as the Chargé d’affaires of the Israeli Embassy in Moscow.
In September 2020 Livne was appointed Israel's ambassador to Poland. Livne arrived in Poland in February 2022, after the end of the diplomatic crisis and after Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Since 2004, Livne has served on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' trade union.
In 2014, Livne was one of the founders of the Israel Diplomacy Association.
Personal life
Livne knows Hebrew, English, Russian and German languages.
Livne is married and has two children.
References
- ↑ "Israel's Ambassador to Poland". 24 February 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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