Irit Ben-Abba Vitali (; born 1958) is the current Israeli ambassador to China and non-resident ambassador to

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

since 2021.

Education

Between 1979-1982 Ben-Abba studied at and graduated ''cum laude'' from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

, majoring in East Asian Studies and English Linguistics. Between 2003-2005 Ben-Abba did executive MBA studies at the Hebrew University.

Career

Ben-Abba has served as Ambassador to Albania from 2004 until 2006 (concurrent with

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Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

(2014-2019),

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(2004-2006) and

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(2000-2004). She is the current Israeli Ambassador to China, having arrived to

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on 22 February, 2021. She was also Deputy Director General of Economic Affairs at the

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References

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