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Avi Gil
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Ambassador Avi Gil served as the Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Afairs April 2001 until November 2002. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Gil served as the Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Regional Cooperation.
A longtime confidant of Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize Laureate Mr. Shimon Peres, Ambassador Gil held a number of key governmental positions during the last 13 years. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Gil held the position of Deputy Director-General of the Peres Center for Peace. Mr. Gil also served as the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Media Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, and Executive Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In his years with Mr. Peres, Ambassador Gil was closely involved in Israel's policy-making and peace efforts, including the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords and the peace treaty with Jordan.
Ambassador Gil holds a Master's Degree in Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also has a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Ambassador Gil is married to Naomi; they have three children. Avi Gil was born in Haifa in 1955.
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