Politicsדרור זייגרמן

Dror Zeigerman

Dror Zeigerman is an Israeli former politician and diplomat who was a Likud member of the Knesset from 1981 to 1984 and Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

born 1948Likud Knesset member, 1981 to 1984Ambassador to the United KingdomRaising the Ethiopian Jewry issue

Born: 15 May 1948, Ness Ziona
Occupation: diplomat, politician
Party: Likud
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dror Zeigerman was born in 1948 in Ness Ziona

Zeigerman was born in Ness Ziona on 15 May 1948, the day after the Declaration of Independence. In 1966 he was one of 12 people who lit torches at the Independence Day ceremony, in honor of the Givati Brigade, where his father served in the 1948 war.

He studied history and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he chaired the students' union. He earned a master's degree and later a doctorate in political science from Bar-Ilan University, with a thesis on the Liberal Party.

A Liberal Party member, he was secretary of its Jerusalem branch and headed the students section of the World Zionist Organization from 1977 to 1981. Elected to the Knesset for Likud in 1981, he sat on the Foreign Affairs and Defense, Education and Culture, and Immigration and Absorption committees. In 1982 he became the first Knesset member to visit Ethiopia after the emperor was deposed, and he lost his seat in 1984.

From 1988 to 1992 he was director general of the government school of tourism. He then served as consul general in Toronto from 1992 to 1995 and as ambassador in London from 1998.