Ron Dermer
 Ron Dermer        (diplomat) | |
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| Born | 16 April 1971 Miami Beach, Florida, US |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Wharton School, Oxford University |
| Party | Likud |
Benjamin Netanyahu's closest adviser and strategic consultant
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Ronald Dermer is an American-born Israeli political consultant and diplomat who was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021. He was previously Israel's economic envoy to the United States from 2005 to 2008, a position requiring him to give up his American citizenship, and subsequently served as senior adviser to current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for four years.
On July 9, 2013 Dermer was confirmed by the government of Israel as Israel's ambassador to the United States, replacing Michael Oren.[1] He began serving as Israel's Ambassador to the United States in October 2013. In July 2019, it was announced that the Israeli Civil Service Commission would not extend his term.[2] In January 2021 Dermer stopped serving as the ambassador, and Gilad Erdan replaced him.
Politics
Dermer worked as a political consultant for Natan Sharansky in the 1999 campaign. In 2004, he and Sharansky co-wrote the best-selling book The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror, famously endorsed by then US-President George W. Bush.[3]
In 2005, while Benjamin Netanyahu served as Finance Minister under Ariel Sharon, Dermer was appointed economic envoy at the Israeli embassy in Washington, a post for which he had to give up his American citizenship.[4] In 2008, after his return to Israel, he became adviser to Netanyahu, who became Israel's prime minister in April 2009. Dermer is considered Netanyahu's closest adviser and strategic consultant. According to The Jerusalem Post, he "runs much of the interference with the White House, and is intimately involved in the diplomatic process with the Palestinians, [... and] writes many of Netanyahu’s speeches".[5]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Democracy & Security International Conference | 5 June 2007 | 6 June 2007 | Czech Republic Prague | The "Neoconservative International" that reports it was intested in "building a world of free and democratic states" |
| Herzliya Conference/2009 | 2 February 2009 | 4 February 2009 | Israel Tel Aviv Reichman University |
References
- ↑ http://www.jta.org/2013/07/09/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/ron-dermer-officially-appointed-new-israeli-ambassador-to-the-u-s
- ↑ https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/israels-ambassador-to-us-ron-dermer-to-complete-tenure-at-end-of-september
- ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/bro-talk-to-his-brother-1.148919
- ↑ http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/78543/bibis-brain/
- ↑ http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=207984
