Avinoam Armoni

Avinoam Armoni was an Israeli executive and public figure who headed the New Israel Fund and Beit Hatfutsot.

1946 to 2023Leading the New Israel FundHeading Beit HatfutsotCofounding the Yedid association

Born: 4 July 1946, Jerusalem
Died: 27 April 2023
Occupation: chief executive officer
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Founded: 2016)

Avinoam Armoni was born in 1946 in Jerusalem

Armoni was born in Jerusalem in 1946 and grew up there in an atheist family. He was named after his grandfather and studied at the Hebrew Gymnasium Rehavia.

After serving in the Paratroopers Brigade, he studied law at the Hebrew University. During his studies he joined the Israel Police, where he served as spokesman of the Southern District and in other posts until 1976.

He then worked in business and law, and represented 3M in Israel. From 1986 to 1990 he advised Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek on neighborhood affairs. In 1990 a Wexner fellowship took him to study public administration at Harvard's Kennedy School.

He led the New Israel Fund from 1991 to 1997, when he cofounded the Yedid association. He was vice president of the Hebrew University from 2003 and director general of Beit Hatfutsot from 2009 to 2012. From 2016 he chaired the board of the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo.

He lived in Ramat Raziel with his wife Louise, and they had 3 children. He died in 2023.