Joel Lion

Joel Lion
יואל ליאון
Consul-General of the State of Israel in Montreal, with jurisdiction on Quebec and the Atlantic provinces and permanent representative to ICAO
In office
August 15, 2011 – August 12, 2014
Preceded by Yoram Elrom
Succeeded by Ziv Nevo-Kulman
Personal details
Born 1964
France
Citizenship Israeli
Alma mater The Hebrew University
Religion Judaism
Military service
Allegiance State of Israel
Service/branch

Israel Defence Forces

  • Consul General Lion with Prince Edward Island's Premier Robert Ghiz

  • Joel Lion, Israel's Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and ABC Reporter Christiane Amanpur

Joel Lion is an Israeli diplomat.

Since August 2014 he is Minister-Counselor at the Media and Public Affairs Division of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. Lion has been described by the Jerusalem Post as 'inventive, moving and spiritual'.[1] Joel Lion joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993.[2]

Biography

Joel Lion is the son of Alain Lion and Helene Becher. He was born in 1964 in France and raised in Esch-sur-Alzette in Luxembourg. Mr. Lion is married to Rivka, and is the father of eight children. From August 2011 to August 2014, Lion served Consul-General of the State of Israel in Montreal, with jurisdiction on Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, he is also the permanent representative of his country to ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Prior to being appointed Consul General in Montreal, he served as the Spokesperson and Consul for Media Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York. He assumed this post in August 2009, and has been responsible for maintaining direct contact with America’s national and local media in the tri-state area, before New York he served as Deputy Director for the Western European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, and was responsible for political relations with Germany. Previously, he was Counselor, Head of the Public Affairs Department at Israel’s Embassy in Berlin. He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania at the Israeli Embassy in Riga and was Charge D'Affaires for Slovakia at the Israeli Embassy in Vienna. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joel Lion has worked for the JNF-KKL in Jerusalem, as well as the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Lion served in the Israel Defense Forces and attained the rank of Sergeant-Major in the Artillery Corps.

Special Missions

In 1999, Consul Lion became the first Israeli official to partake in the mission of election monitoring with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. At the start of the second Intifada in 2001, Mr. Lion operated as Spokesman with the MFA special team in Bethlehem.[3] During operation “Cast Lead”, he worked as director in charge of the MFA Press Center in Sderot.

Education

In addition to his diplomatic career, Joel Lion has an extensive academic background. He earned his B.A. in Political Sciences from Hebrew University in 1988, and received his M.A. in History from the University of Latvia in 1998. He is an Ordinate Orthodox Rabbi by Rabbi Dan Channen from Yeshivat Pirchei Shoshanim and by the Chief Rabbi of the city of Holon, Rabbi Eliyahu Yohanan Gur-Arieh In 1995, he completed the International Training Course in Security Policy of the Federal Military Department of Switzerland, in Geneva. He is fluent in Hebrew, English, French, German, Luxemburgish, Yiddish and basic Russian.

Publications

In the news

References

  1. ↑ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694840562&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
  2. ↑ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jrep/access/462004141.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+16%2C+1994&author=ERIC+SILVER&pub=The+Jerusalem+Report&edition=&startpage=12&desc=PRESCHOOL+FOR+DIPLOMATS
  3. ↑ All but 13 to Leave Church of the Nativity, FOXNews - May 9, 2002: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52241,00.html

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