Shimon Solomon ( he, שמעון סולומון; born 5 August 1968) is an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i dipolomat and former politician. He served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for

Yesh Atid Yesh Atid ( he, יֵשׁ עָתִיד, , There Is a Future) is a liberal political party in Israel. Founded by Yair Lapid in 2012, it seeks to represent what it considers the centre of Israeli society: the secular middle class. It focuses prima ...

between 2013 and 2015 and was appointed Ambassador to Angola in 2022.

Biography

Born in the

Tigray Region The Tigray Region, officially the Tigray National Regional State, is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob, and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is ...

of Ethiopia, Solomon immigrated to Israel in 1980 as part of Operation Brothers. He earned a BA in social work at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1991.Shimon Solomon: Personal Details
Knesset He then worked as an educational consultant at AMIT high school in

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

from 1992 until 1994, before becoming an educational advisor to the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

between 1994 and 1996.Shimon Solomon: Public Activities
Knesset Between 1996 and 1999 he served as an advisor to the Association for the Advancement of Education, as well as becoming executive director of an Ethiopian community centre. In 1999 he returned to the Ministry of Education, where he worked as an advisor to two Education Ministers until 2001. After a short spell at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel in 2003, he became Director of Employment Services for Ethiopian Academics for the

Jewish Agency The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...

and the Ministry of Absorption between 2003 and 2005. Solomon began studying for an MA in educational policy in administration at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

in 2004, but ended his studies to go abroad, having been appointed as a consul at the Israeli embassy in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

in Ethiopia in 2005. Returning to Israel, he became director of an immigrant absorption centre in

from 2007 to 2008. He then worked as director of education at the Agahozo-Shalom youth village, a boarding school in Rwanda from 2008 to 2012.All the kingmaker's men, and women
''The Times of Israel'', 23 January 2013 He was one of the founders of the new

party prior to the 2013 elections, and was placed twelfth on the party's list, becoming a Knesset member as the party won 19 seats. Prior to the

2015 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015. Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burun ...

, he chose not to run for re-election.MK Shimon Solomon Taking Break from Politics
''Israel National News'', 22 January 2015 In 2022 he was appointed Ambassador to Angola. For several years was the CEO of the High School of Agriculture and Science at

Kfar Silver Kfar Silver ( he, כְּפַר סִילְבֶר, , Silver Village) is a youth village in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, the village falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, Shimon 1968 births Living people Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni 20th-century Israeli educators 21st-century Israeli civil servants 21st-century Israeli educators Black Jewish members of the Knesset Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Ethiopian Jews Israeli diplomats Israeli Jews Israeli people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) People from Tigray Region Yesh Atid politicians Ambassadors of Israel to Angola