Aliza Bin-Noun () is an Israeli diplomat. She serves as the
Israeli Ambassador to France and
Monaco
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.
Biography
Aliza Bin-Noun grew up near
Nahariya
Nahariya () is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. As of , the city had a population of .
The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.
Etymology
Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton River, Ga'aton (riv ...
, in
northern Israel
The Northern District (; ) is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,473 km2, making it the second largest district in Israel.
The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North ...
.
Her Hungarian paternal grandparents were deported to the
Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...
during World War II.
Her father is a Holocaust survivor.
Bin-Noun graduated from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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, where she studied French.
She served in the
Israel Defense Forces
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.
Bin-Noun is married to Claus, with whom she has two daughters.
Diplomatic career
Bin-Noun is a career diplomat.
From 2001 to 2006, she was Advisor in the Arms Control Division, followed by Advisor in Political Affairs, and Director of Department of Coordination Bureau.
She served as Israel's ambassador in
Budapest
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, Hungary from 2007 to 2011.
In 2012, she was appointed as the Head of the Political Bureau in the
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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.
Since August 2015, Bin-Noun has served as the Israeli Ambassador to France.
She is the first female Israeli ambassador to France.
Since December 2015, Bin-Noun has also served as the Israeli Ambassador to Monaco.
See also
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Women of Israel
Women in Israel comprise of the state's population . While Israel lacks an official constitution, the Israeli Declaration of Independence of 1948 states that “The State of Israel (…) will ensure complete equality of social and political r ...
References
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Living people
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Ambassadors of Israel to France
Ambassadors of Israel to Monaco
Ambassadors of Israel to Hungary
Israeli women ambassadors
Israeli people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Year of birth missing (living people)