George Deek

George Deek was born in 1984 in Ajami

Deek was born in 1984 and grew up in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa. His father worked as a tax advisor and chaired the Orthodox Association, and in 2015 a square in Jaffa was named in his memory. Deek has said he has Armenian roots on his father's side.

According to Deek, his grandparents fled to Lebanon during the war that followed the end of British rule and later returned to Jaffa illegally. His grandfather, an electrician, was arrested for returning. Other relatives who fled did not return and live around the world.

Deek earned a law degree from the Radzyner Law School at IDC Herzliya in 2006. He then studied at Georgetown University on a Fulbright Fellowship. He worked as a lawyer in Tel Aviv in international law.

He joined the Foreign Ministry in 2008 and was deputy head of mission in Nigeria from 2009 to 2012. From 2012 to 2015 he was deputy ambassador in Oslo, and he was acting ambassador during the 2014 Gaza conflict. In 2018 he was named ambassador to Azerbaijan, and in April 2026 he became special envoy to the Christian world.