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Aviv Shir-On

Aviv Shir-On is an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands.

born 1952Ambassador to AustriaAmbassador to SwitzerlandAmbassador to the Netherlands

Born: 31 October 1952, Tel Aviv
Occupation: diplomat
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Aviv Shir-On was born in 1952 in Tel Aviv

Aviv Shir-On was born on October 31, 1952, in Tel Aviv. His father was a German Holocaust survivor. He is married and has 3 children.

He did his military service from 1971 to 1974 and fought as a tank officer on the Golan Heights in the Yom Kippur War. From 1974 to 1978 he studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He joined the diplomatic service in 1978. He was posted to Washington, D.C., and served as a department secretary at the Israeli embassy in Bonn from 1981 to 1985.

From 2003 to 2006 he was ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He then became deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry, in charge of Europe. In October 2009 he replaced Dan Ashbel as ambassador to Austria and served until 2013.

From 2016 he was ambassador to the Netherlands, until he retired in 2019.