Logo State of Israel
Embassy of Israel Athens

The ambassador

Ambassador of the State of Israel to Greece Mr. Noam Katz

Noam Katz
Noam Katz picture

H.E. Ambassador of Israel Noam Katz

Senior career diplomat. He served as Deputy Director General of Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, before assuming his duties in Athens.
An expert in Israel's strategic communication and public diplomacy in the world.
Born in Jerusalem in 1964, he was a teacher at Kibbutz Cambri. He is married and has three children.
Mr. Noam Katz serves as Israel's Ambassador to Greece since September 2022.
 

Work experience

2016 - 2022
Deputy Director General of Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem.
2019 - 2021
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem.
2014 - 2016
Head of Research Project and Strategic Planning for Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem.
2009-2014
Minister Plenipotentiary for Public Diplomacy at the Embassy of Israel, Washington.
2007-2009
Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem.
2002-2007
Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Ghana and the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (ECOWAS).
2000
Deputy Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998-2000
Representative of the Embassy of Israel, Rome.


Education

Ambassador Katz holds a BA in History and a MA in Public Policy and Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He is a graduate of the Wexner Senior Leadership Program at Harvard University.

 

 

Interviews of the Ambassador Mr. Noam Katz