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Shlomo Ben-Ami
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Prof. Shlomo Ben-Ami was born in Morocco in 1943. He was educated at Tel-Aviv University and Oxford University (England) from which he received a Ph.D. in History.
Prof. Ben-Ami headed the School of History of Tel-Aviv University (1982-86). He served as Israel's ambassador to Spain from 1987-1991. He has published several books in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
Ben-Ami was elected to the Knesset in 1996. He served as a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and of the Sub-committee on Foreign Service.
In July 1999 he was appointed Minister of Public Security. Following the resignation of David Levy in August 2000, Shlomo Ben-Ami was appointed Acting Foreign Minister and in November 2000 - Minister of Foreign Affairs. He held these positions until March 2001. Shlomo Ben-Ami resigned from the Knesset in August 2002.
He is married and the father of three.
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