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The ambassador

Ambassador of Israel to Belgium and Luxembourg

H.E. Mrs. Idit Rosenzweig-Abu
Ambassador Rosenzweig-Abu

Ms. Rosenzweig-Abu entered the diplomatic career 17 years ago.

She was previously assigned as Deputy Head of Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Singapore and the bilateral embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Ms. Rosenzweig-Abu also served as a political advisor to the Mission of Israel to the European Union.

At the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Jerusalem, she served as deputy director of the UN political affairs department and deputy director of the humanitarian organizations department.

Before becoming Ambassador, Ms. Rosenzweig-Abu served as Director of the West and Central Africa Department.

She holds a degree in Law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and worked for several years as a criminal lawyer. She also holds a master's degree in political communication from Tel Aviv University.

For the past three years prior to her arrival in Brussels, Ms. Rosenzweig-Abu also served as director of the Women in Diplomacy Network, an organization created to bring together Israeli and foreign women diplomats stationed in Israel.

She speaks Hebrew and English fluently and has a conversational level in French.