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Benny Dagan

Benny Dagan is an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Sweden and later to Denmark.

born 1957Ambassador to SwedenAmbassador to DenmarkHeading the Center for Policy Research

Born: 1 January 1957
Occupation: diplomat
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Benny Dagan was born in 1957

Benny Dagan was born in Israel in 1957 to Rina and Yehuda Dagan. His father was born in Israel, and his mother immigrated from Baghdad, Iraq.

He finished Gymnasia Rehavia high school in Jerusalem in 1975 and then served as an officer in the IDF until 1979. In 1984 he earned a bachelor's degree in Middle East studies and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dagan joined the Foreign Ministry in 1985. He was posted to the embassy in Cairo, the consulate general in Chicago and the embassy in Washington, D.C. In Jerusalem he worked in the press and Western Europe divisions and headed the Syria and Lebanon desk at the Center for Policy Research.

From 2008 to 2012 he was ambassador to Sweden, where students threw shoes and books at him during a speech at Stockholm University. He then headed the Center for Policy Research and served as deputy director general of the ministry. From 2017 to 2021 he was ambassador to Denmark.

He is married to Irit and has triplets, two sons and a daughter.