Mark Regev

Mark Regev was born in 1960 in Melbourne

Regev was born Mark Freiberg in Melbourne, Australia, in 1960, to Martin and Freda Freiberg. He attended Mount Scopus Memorial College, a Jewish school in Melbourne. As a young man he was active in the Ichud Habonim youth movement and in the Jewish students society at the University of Melbourne.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and history at the University of Melbourne. He later received a master's degree in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master's in management from Boston University.

In 1982 he moved to Israel, worked at kibbutz Tel Katzir and changed his surname to Regev. He served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Brigade. He then lectured on international relations and strategy at the IDF Staff College.

He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1990 and served in Hong Kong and Beijing. From 2007 to 2016 he was the Prime Minister's international spokesperson, and from 2016 to 2020 he was ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 2020 he became Benjamin Netanyahu's senior advisor for foreign affairs and international communications, a post he held until 2021.

In 2022 he became chair of the Abba Eban Institute at Reichman University. In 2024 an Australian activist brought a private prosecution against him over remarks from 2023, and the charges were withdrawn by the prosecution office. He is married to Vered Regev and has 3 children.