Boaz Modai

Boaz Modai was born in 2000 in Haifa

Boaz Modai was born in Israel in 1957. His father, Yitzhak Modai, was a politician who served as finance minister and justice minister. His mother, Michal Modai (née Har'el), was Miss Israel in 1951 and later an honorary president of WIZO.

He studied political science at Tel Aviv University. He joined the foreign service in 1988, right after his studies.

He worked at Israeli embassies in Guatemala, Honduras, Thailand and London, and at the embassy to the Holy See. There he coordinated the political side of Pope John Paul II's visit to Israel in 2000. He then headed the ministry's training division in Jerusalem for 6 years.

In 2007 police investigated him over harassing phone calls to a former employee, issued a restraining order and recommended charges. As ambassador to Ireland, he worked with his then wife, Nurit Tinari-Modai, as his deputy. The embassy drew criticism for social media posts, and also received an award from the University of Haifa in 2013 and a Foreign Ministry award in 2014.

In October 2019 he presented his credentials to President Zuzana Čaputová as ambassador to Slovakia.