Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Georgia (since 08/2022)
Ms. Hadas Ester Meitzad is an Israeli Diplomat since 2006.
Ms. Meitzad served as Chief of Staff of the Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Israel since August 2018.
From 2013 to 2018, Hadas worked at the Israeli Permanent Mission to the United Nations first as a Counselor for sustainable development, and since 2015 as Minister-counsellor for Political and Strategic Affairs and head of the Political team.
In the past, she worked at the MFA’s Nonproliferation of WMD and Eurasia departments. From 2007-2009, she headed the Public Diplomacy department of the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
Ms. Meitzad joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2006 after serving for eight years in the technological unit of the Israeli Air Force at the rank of captain. She has a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Bar Ilan University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
Ms. Meitzad was born and raised in Arad, Israel. She has one daughter. She is fluent in Hebrew and English.