Sharon Bar-li is the Deputy Director of the Africa Division of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel) The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( he, מִשְׂרַד הַחוּץ, translit. ''Misrad HaHutz''; ar, وزارة الخارجية الإسرائيلية) is one of the most important ministries in the Israeli government. The ministry's ...

and was the Israeli ambassador to Ghana and

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

from 2011 until 2015. While serving in Ghana, she was responsible for opening the Israeli embassy for the first time in 38 years., She was later appointed deputy ambassador to London. Bar-Li earned a BA in Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science from Tel Aviv University. In February 2023, Bar-Li was ejected from an

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...

summit in Addis Ababa while serving as Israel's envoy to the event.

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