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Aliza Bin-Noun

Aliza Bin-Noun is an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Hungary and later to France and Monaco.

born 1950First female ambassador to FranceAmbassador to HungarySenior Foreign Ministry posts

Occupation: diplomat
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Aliza Bin-Noun was born in 1950 in Romania

Aliza Bin-Noun grew up near Nahariya in northern Israel. Her father, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, lost his parents at Auschwitz.

She served in the Israeli Navy. At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem she earned a bachelor's degree in international relations in 1984 and a master's degree in African studies in 1986.

After her studies she joined the Foreign Ministry and completed its cadet course. She held posts in Mbabane, Swaziland, and in Copenhagen, Denmark, and later worked in the ministry's director general's office. She was Israel's ambassador to Hungary from 2007 to 2011 and became chief of staff to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in 2012.

In 2015 she became ambassador to France and Monaco, the first woman to serve as Israel's ambassador to France. She later headed the ministry's Africa and Europe divisions and in 2022 became head of its political-strategic directorate, retiring in 2025. She is married and has 2 daughters.