Amira Oron (born 1967) (Шаблон:Lang-he) is an Israeli diplomat and ambassador to Egypt since June 2020. She is the country's first female ambassador to Egypt.[1]
Oron graduated from the Mae Boyar High School in 1984.[2]
Diplomatic career
At the time of her nomination as an ambassador to Egypt on October 29, 2018, Oron was the Foreign Ministry’s head of the Middle East Economic Relations Department.[3] She is the second woman to serve as an Israeli ambassador in an Arab state. Einat Shlain was the first when she was Israel's top diplomatic representative in Jordan. Oron served as Ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2016, though after the Mavi Marmara flotilla raid, “Turkey lowered the status of Israel’s ambassador to that of an embassy official.” Oron was the first female to head an embassy in Turkey.[4][5] (Her title in Ankara has been given as Ambassador, head of the embassy and chargés d'affaires).
A year after her nomination, she was still in Israel.[6] Oron was promoted for the post as an alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu putting forward Ayoub Kara as a candidate. Kara was considered a political appointment,[6] as well as his “past several embarrassing diplomatic incidents.”[7]
On June 7, 2020, the Israeli Cabinet approved Orion’s appointment as ambassador to Egypt.[8][9] She replaced David Govrin in the position.[10]
